When Urs Born was christened on 17 September 1775, in Niederbipp, Bern, Switzerland, his father, Hans Born, was 39 and his mother, Elisabeth Hofstetter, was 40. He died on 4 July 1795, at the age of 19.
Some characteristic forenames: German Hans, Kurt, Otto, Heinz, Helmut, Berthold, Frieda, Friedrich, Fritz, Gerhard, Horst, Jutta.
English: variant of Bourne .
English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French borgne ‘one-eyed, squint-eyed’.
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