ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1240
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1240
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15 Sep 1998
From:  (Josh Mittleman)


Greetings from the Academy of Saint Gabriel!

You asked for information about the French surname <de Bourbon>.  Here is
what we have found.

There were several places called <Bourbon> in period France.  The modern
<Bourbon-Lancy> is recorded in Latin records before 1312 as <Borbonium
l'Ansei>.  Modern <Boulbon-L'Archambault> was <Burbone> in the 8th century,
and <Bourbonne-les-Bains> in Haut-Marne was <Borbona> in 846 [1].  The
medieval surname <de Bourbon> could have derived from one of these places
independent of the region from which the French royal family took its name.

If you want to use this name while avoiding the appearance of
presumptuousness, you might use the full name of one of these other places,
e.g. <de Borbon l'Ansei>.  You could also use an adjective that means "the
man from Bourbon", such as <Bourbonnais>, <Bourboneux>, or <Bourbonnaud>
[2].  You would use any of these names without the preposition <de>,
i.e. <Andrieu Bourbonnaud>.


I hope this letter has been useful.  Please write us again if any part of
it has been unclear or if you have other questions.  I was assisted in
researching and writing this letter by Talan Gwynek.

For the Academy,


  Arval Benicoeur
  15 Sept 1998


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References

[1] Dauzat, Albert & Ch. Rostaing, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de
Lieux de la France_ (Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1963), s.n. Boulbon.

[2] Dauzat, Albert, _Dictionnaire Etymologique des Noms de Famille et
Prenoms de France_ (Paris: Libraire Larousse, 1987), s.n. Bourbon.

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