Borrell: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

If your family name is Borrell, its origin lies with Burrell, an English surname. Taken at its root, Borrell points to “coarse brown cloth”.

• You may also find the name written Burrel.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Borrelli, Borrello and Burrelli.
• Spelled with “o” instead of “u”, Borrell shows how the same name was heard and written differently.
• Spanish statistics put 3,106 people with Borrell in first position and 2,828 in second. Between 1891 and 2000, 196 babies born in France were registered as Borrell, with the most births in 1961–1970.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Burrell and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Borrell report, with a museum-style coat of arms.