Given name & surname

Burroughs

Burroughs is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Burroughs comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Burroughs’s family of names

In English usage, Burroughs as a surname has a related form in BURROWES. In English usage, Burroughs as a surname has a related form in BURROWS.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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Middle English

Bullis

“bull house”

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Middle English

Burnside

“stream”

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Middle English

Boggess

“boastful, haughty”

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Middle English

Buffett

“idiot”

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Middle English

Budgett

Budgett is a surname from Middle English.

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Middle English

Bunter

“sifter”

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Middle English

Bellas

“bell”

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Middle English

Barkhouse

“tannery”

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Sibling ideas

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