Border Family History
Border Name Meaning
English:: occupational name from Middle English Anglo-Norman French bourdour bordere ‘jester joker buffoon’. from Middle English border(e) ‘bordar cottager’ (Old French bordier Latin bordarius) a feudal tenant of the lowest rank. perhaps also an occupational name from an unrecorded Middle English border ‘maker of boards or tables’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022