Submitted Surnames with "border" in Meaning

This is a list of submitted surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword border.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Äär Estonian
Äär is an Estonian surname meaning "border" and "boundary".
Äärismaa Estonian
Äärismaa is an Estonian surname meaning "edge/border land".
Äärmaa Estonian
Äärmaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border/boundary land".
Akarregi Basque
Derived from Akerregi, the name of a place in Basque Country composed of aker "goat, billy goat" combined with either hegi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" or -egi "place".
Arlegi Basque
From the name of a town in Navarre, Spain, of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border" combined with either (h)arri "stone", arlo "field", or erle "bee" as a first element.
Bergschneider German
topographic name for someone living by a mountain trail (as in cut into the hillside) from Berg "mountain hill" and Schneit "trail path running on a border" (Old High German sneita).
Bian Chinese
Romanization of a Chinese surname, which in Pinyin may be respectively Biàn, Biān or Biǎn. The former, written with the character means "to be impatient", "to be in a hurry" or "excitable" and is by far the most common... [more]
Byeon Korean (Modern)
Variant romanization of Sino-Korean 邉 (Byun) meaning "Border".
Byun Korean
From Sino-Korean (Byun) meaning "Border".
Creig Scottish, English
Derived from Scottish Gaelic crioch "border".
Creighton English
From Irish 'crioch' meaning "border", and Old English 'tun' meaning "town".
Egia Basque
Habitational name derived from Basque (h)egi "border, edge; hill, slope, bank".
Egiarreta Basque (Rare)
From the name of a neighbourhood in Arakil, Navarre, possibly derived from Basque (h)egi "side, slope, bank; edge, border" combined with (h)arri "stone, rock" and -eta "place of, abundance of".
Egilatz Basque (Rare, Archaic)
From the name of a town in Álava, Basque Country, derived from (h)egi "border, edge; hill, slope, bank" and lats "brook, small stream", or possibly latz "rough, crude".
Kraina Czech, South Slavic, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian
Derived from Slavic word meaning "border" or "country".
Krajewski Polish (Rare)
Habitational name taken from places in Poland named with Polish kraj "border area".
Krumreihn German
Possibly derived from Middle High German krum(b) meaning "crooked" and rein meaning "border of a field, margin", and hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a field with a crooked edge, or perhaps a nickname for a farmer who plowed a crooked furrow... [more]
Mark English, German, Dutch
Topographic name for someone who lived on a boundary between two districts, from Old High German marka "border, boundary, march". The German term also denotes an area of fenced-off land (see Marker) and, like the English word, is embodied in various place names which have given rise to habitational names.
Markell English
Habitational name from various locations in England containing the Old English element mearc (from Old Germanic markō) meaning "border, boundary".
Markl German
From a pet form of given names containing the element markō "boundary, border", such as Markolf and Markward.
Markley English
From Old English mearc meaning "border, mark" combined with leah meaning "clearing, grove."
Marks English
This surname is derived either from the name Mark or from Old English mearc meaning "border, mark."
Piir Estonian
Piir is an Estonian surname meaning "border" and "frontier".
Piirikivi Estonian
Piirikivi is an Estonian surname meaning "border stone".
Piirimaa Estonian
Piirimaa is an Estonian surname meaning "border land".
Piirimäe Estonian
Piirimäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border mountain".
Piirimees Estonian
Piirimees is an Estonian surname meaning "border man".
Piirisaar Estonian
Piirisaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island".
Piirisalu Estonian
Piirisalu is an Estonian surname meaning "border grove".
Piiroja Estonian
Piiroja is an Estonian surname meaning "border creek".
Raja Estonian
Raja is an Estonian surname meaning "boundary" or "border".
Rajalaane Estonian
Rajalaane is an Estonian surname derived from "raja" ("boundary", "border") and "lääne" ("occidental", "western"): "western border/boundary".
Rajasaar Estonian
Rajasaar is an Estonian surname meaning "border island" or "storm island".
Rajasalu Estonian
Rajasalu is an Estonian surname meaning "border grove".
Rajaste Estonian
Rajaste is an Estonian surname derived from "raja" meaning "border".
Rajavee Estonian
Rajavee is an Estonian surname meaning "border water" or "storm water".
Saralegi Basque
Habitational name of uncertain etymology. Possibly derived from Basque sarale "hay, dry grass, livestock feed" combined with either tegi "stable, pen, enclosure", -(t)egi "place of", or possibly (h)egi "slope, hillside; edge, border".
Soosõrv Estonian
Soosõrv is an Estonian surname possibly derived from "soo" meaning "swamp" and "sõrv", possibly a corruption of "serv" meaning "border" or "edge"; "swamp/marsh border".
Veermäe Estonian
Veermäe is an Estonian surname meaning "border hill/mountain".
Veermets Estonian
Veermets is an Estonian surname meaning "border forest".