Borman Family Name and Heraldry

Borman and Boorman are two spellings with one history. Name scholars give the meaning as “Man from the bower”.

Spelling and variants

Borman drops the “o” of Boorman, a shortening that clerks often made. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Related forms: Bowerman.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Borman surname had 2,655 bearers. It sits among the 25,000 most common last names in the country. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Berman.

Family crest and blazon

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

Research your Borman family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.