Borthwick Family History
Borthwick Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the old barony of Borthwick formerly Loquhariot (Midlothian) and possibly also from Borthwick (Roxburghshire). The placenames are from Old English bord ‘board table’ + wīc ‘outlying dairy farm’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022