[Surname] Re: Origin of surname Borsian
by Andy ;—) (guest)
3/5/2005, 4:54 AM
There are two things I can think of:
BORIS (if there are any Slavonic roots)
BURSA, Dutch "beurs", German "Börse", English "purse" (from Greek "byrsa", fur)
I have also come across the last name BURSIAN, but all of this is just guessing.