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Borish

Updated: June 9, 2019
Updated: June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of German Bo(h)risch, a topographic name from Slavic bor ‘pine (forest)’, ‘conifer’ or in some cases from a Slavic personal name with the element bor ‘struggle’, ‘strife’. Compare Boris.

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