Frequency: (370)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. French: habitational name from a place so called in Franche Comté.
2. Polish (Boroń): from a pet form of the personal names Borzysław or Borzymir.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): see Baron.
GIVEN NAMES: Polish 7%. Krystyna (2), Edyta, Leszek, Mieczyslaw, Mieczyslawa, Wladyslaw.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
