Buren Family History
Buren Surname Meaning
Dutch: patronymic from a short form of any of the ancient Germanic personal names beginning with the element Boro. Dutch: variant of Van Buren and in North America (also) a shortened form of this. German (Büren): from Old High German bür ‘small house chamber’ hence a topographic name for someone who lived ‘near the houses’ or a habitational name from any of various places throughout Germany and in parts of Switzerland named with this word.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022