The Bourdin Name: Records, Origin and Blazon

Some records give Bourdon; others give Bourdin. Both point to the same French family name. Its meaning, shared with Bourdon, is “Pilgrim's staff”.

• Related forms: Bourdonnet.
• French civil records give 11,432 births under the name Bourdin from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1951–1960. There were 568 such births in the 1890s and 1,050 in the 1990s.
• Records show Bourdin as one of the forms Bourdon took over time.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Family crest and blazon

There is no single Bourdin family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Bourdin family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.