Borel Family History
Borel Name Meaning
French: metonymic occupational name for a saddler from Old Occitan borrel ‘harness collar’. French: variant of Burel . French: perhaps also an occupational name for a judicial torturer from Old French bourreau a derivative of bourrer literally ‘to card wool’ and by extension ‘to maltreat or torture’. Possibly also English: rare variant of Burrell .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022