Frequency: (232)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Polish: from a pet form of Borzysław, Bolebor, or any of various other personal names formed with bor.
2. Czech (Borák): habitational name for someone from one of many places named with bor ‘pine forest’; alternatively from a short form of the personal names Dalibor or Bořivoj, containing the element -bor ‘battle’.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
