Borg Family History

Norwegian and Danish: habitational name from various farms and other minor places so named from Old Norse borg ‘fortification stronghold’. In some cases the name is topographic often referring to a hill that resembles a fortification rather than an actual fortification. Swedish: ornamental name from borg ‘fortified castle’ (compare 1 above) or a habitational name from a place called Borg or from a placename containing the word borg. This surname is also found in Finland. North German: habitational name from the common placename Borg a Low German form of Burg. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a money lender from Yiddish borg ‘credit’. Maltese: from Maltese Arabic borg ‘fortress castle’.