Balfoure: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Balfoure is an established spelling of the Scottish surname Balfour. Name scholars give the meaning as “Pasture village”.

Balfoure and Balfour

The extra “e” in Balfoure is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Arms linked to Balfour and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Balfoure report, with a museum-style coat of arms.