Boersma is a West Frisian occupational surname meaning "farmer('s son)". In 2007 6916 people in the Netherlands carried the name.Boersma at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. 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 Femke Boersma (1935–2026), 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
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