Message: "Nationality of Borges"

Nationality of Borges

by Jessica Pilla (guest)

3/5/2004, 3:28 PM

I'm confused about the nationality of the surname, Borges. When I was looking up Jewish surnames, I found it on the list. Yet, someone that I know has it and he's a native of Brazil. Can someone please straighten this out?

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- Lepic

5/5/2024, 7:08 AM

Borges is Catalan and comes from a placename in that region.

- Kim (guest)

5/4/2024, 2:16 PM

My fiance has last name he is Puerto Rican & Portuguese.

- None (guest) +1

8/20/2004, 2:27 PM

Haven't you heard of Jorge Luis Borges? He is a wonderful Argentinean writer, proabably the best writer in the Spanish language... Names and Surnames travel a lot you know... I'm myself a Peruvian with Italian and Scottish surnames... However his surname has Spanish pronunciation and a spanish tradition... Genealogy points it to be Spanish... case in which it might be the plural of a lost word "borg" or "borge" (which has English-looking spelling) or means "son of" (ez/es) "borg/borge" which would then be a personal surname with any european origin (not necessarily Spanish, the surname "Ivañez" adds the "ez" of "son of" to "Ivan" russian version of the Spanish "Juan" or English "John")

- Jczelusniak (guest)

7/17/2022, 11:56 AM

I am Jewish and my mother's Mother's surname is Borgues, derived from Borges. We are Sephardic Jews.

- Satu (guest)

3/13/2004, 6:28 AM

Hi Jessica,

Borges / Borjes / Borjas are Spanish and Portuguese place names, but Borges can also be a German surname deriving from the first name Liborius / Liberius.

http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?terms=liberius

Regards, Satu

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