Type Surname (from location)
Usage Portuguese, Spanish
Pronounced Pron. BAWR-zhish(European Portuguese) BAWR-zhesh(Brazilian Portuguese) BOR-khehs(Spanish) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Possibly from Old French burgeis meaning "town-dweller" (see Burgess). Alternately, it may have denoted someone originally from the city of Bourges in France.