Given name & surname

Bourgeois

Bourgeois is a surname from French.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bourgeois comes from French.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Bourgeois’s family of names

In French usage, Bourgeois has a later derivative in BUSHWAY. In French usage, Bourgeois as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form BORGHESE. In French usage, Bourgeois as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the German form BURGER.

Walk Bourgeois’s family in the name graph

BourgeoisBurgerBorgheseBushway

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Bourgeois has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.

French

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 3

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Sibling ideas

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