Bourgois: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

The last name Bourgois is another written form of Bourgeois, a French family name. At root, the name means “Townsman, burgher”. Without the “e” of Bourgeois, Bourgois is a simpler written form of the same name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The same family of names includes Bourgeoys and Burgess.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Bourgeois surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Bourgois surname pack.