Boersma
title: "Boersma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["surnames-of-frisian-origin", "occupational-surnames"] topic_path: "general/surnames-of-frisian-origin" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boersma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Boersma is a West Frisian occupational surname meaning "farmer('s son)". In 2007 6916 people in the Netherlands carried the name. Variant forms are Boorsma, Boerema, Boerma, Boersema. People with the name include:
- Age Hains Boersma (b. 1982), Dutch football player
- Anna Boersma (b. 2001), Dutch speed skater
- Cintha Boersma (b. 1969), Dutch volleyball player
- Emiel Boersma (b. 1980), Dutch volleyball player
- (b. 1935), Dutch actress
- Francisco VanderHoff Boersma (b. 1939), Dutch missionary who cofounded the Fairtrade label in Latin America
- (b. 1976), Dutch painter
- Hans Boersma (b. 1961), Dutch-American theologian
- Jaap Boersma (1929–2012), Dutch politician
- Jan Boersma (b. 1968), Dutch sailboarder
- Jay W. Boersma (b. 1947), American photographer, designer, and creative director
- Johannes Boersma (1937–2004), Dutch mathematician
- Johannes Sipko Boersma (b. 1935), Dutch archaeologist
- P. Dee Boersma (b. 1946), American conservation biologist
- Paul Boersma (b. 1959), Dutch phonetician
- Phil Boersma (b. 1949), English footballer
- Tjeerd Boersma (1915–1985), Dutch sprinter ;Boerma
- Addeke Hendrik Boerma (1912–1992), Dutch civil servant, first director of the UN World Food Programme
- Anthonius Cornelis Boerma (1852–1908), Dutch architect
- (b. 1970), Dutch snowboarder
- Scott Boerma (b. 1964), American composer
- Thomas Boerma (b. 1981), Dutch field hockey player ;Boorsma
- Alie Boorsma (b. 1959), Dutch speed skater
References
References
- [http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=&nfd_naam=Boersma&info=aantal+en+verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Boersma] at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
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