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Updated February 1, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms in central Norway named Borseth, Børseth, or Børset, from Old Norse borg ‘stronghold’, ‘fortification’, Old Norse birki ‘birch’, or the river name Bera + set ‘dwelling’, ‘farmstead’.

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