Borges (surname)

Borges is a Portuguese and Spanish surname. Jorge Luis Borges, the most notable person with this name, notes that his family name, like Burgess in English, means "of the town," "bourgeois."^[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

António Borges (1949–2013), Portuguese economist and banker
António Borges (equestrian), (1906–2011), Portuguese horse rider
Carlos Borges (1932–2014), Uruguayan footballer
Celso Borges (born 1988), Costa Rican footballer
Fernanda Borges, East Timorese politician
Graciela Borges (born 1941), Argentine actress
Gustavo Borges (born 1972), Brazilian swimmer
Hernâni Borges (born 1981), Cape Verdean footballer
Humberlito Borges Teixeira (born 1980), Brazilian footballer
Jorge Guillermo Borges, Argentine writer
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986), Argentine writer
José Borges, Cuban baseball player
Julio Borges (born 1969), Venezuelan politician
Lucas Borges (born 1980), Argentine rugby player
Norah Borges (1901–1998), Argentine artist
Phil Borges (born 1942), photographer
Raúl Borges (1882–1967), Venezuelan pedagogue, guitarist and composer
Ron Borges, American sportwriter
Víctor Borges (born 1955), Cape Verdean foreign minister
Willian Borges da Silva (born 1988), Brazilian footballer

References

^ Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations -Richard Burgin -1998 - Page 227 "Now, the name Borges itself is not Jewish. Borges is the same as Burgess in English; it means "bourgeois," man of the burg, the town, as in Edinburgh, Hamburg, Rothenburg, Burgos in Spain, so that."

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[1] Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations -Richard Burgin -1998 - Page 227 "Now, the name Borges itself is not Jewish. Borges is the same as Burgess in English; it means "bourgeois," man of the burg, the town, as in Edinburgh, Hamburg, Rothenburg, Burgos in Spain, so that."

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