Submitted Name
SaveType Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsBorneman, Bormann, Borman, Bowerman, Bureman, Boarman
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Meaning & History
This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and may be either a topographical name for someone who lived in a particularly noteworthy or conspicuous cottage, from the Olde English pre 7th Century "bur", bower, cottage, inner room, with "mann", man, or a locational name from any of the various places called Bower(s) in Somerset and Essex, which appear variously as "Bur, Bure" and "Bura" in the Domesday Book of 1086. Early examples of the surname include: Gilbert Burman (Oxfordshire, 1273);
Robert Boreman (Oxfordshire, 1279);
William Bowerman or Boarman (the Oxford University Register of 1506). On April 8th 1614, Anne, daughter of Christopher Boorman, was christened at St. James', Clerkenwell, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Bureman, which was dated 1204, in the "Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King John, 1199 - 1216.
Robert Boreman (Oxfordshire, 1279);
William Bowerman or Boarman (the Oxford University Register of 1506). On April 8th 1614, Anne, daughter of Christopher Boorman, was christened at St. James', Clerkenwell, London. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of William Bureman, which was dated 1204, in the "Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire", during the reign of King John, 1199 - 1216.