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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from various farms named Borstad or Børstad, from the Old Norse personal names Byrgir or Borgar, or from Old Norse borg ‘fortification’, ‘stronghold’ + staðr ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

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