French: habitational name from a village in Allier, the site of the
(now ruined) castle of Bourbon, or from another place so named, for
example one in Saône-et-Loire. The place name is of uncertain
origin, according to Dauzat derived from a ‘Celtic and pre-Celtic’
element borb- describing a well or hot spring. Many bearers of
the surname claim a connection with the former French royal family,
but the name is also derived from residence in these villages and from
the Bourbonnais, a former province in central France around Bourbon in
Allier.
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