On Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 5:42:49 PM UTC-3, James LaLone via wrote: > At the genie meeting last night someone asked me if Danish surnames ending > in BORG are an indication of royalty. I have no idea, can anyone inform > me? Her name is SPRINGBORG. thanks. I don't really think so. Borg is a cognate of the German Burg (originally a castle or something like it). It most likely points to a place of origin rather than to a royal last name, AFAIK. Cheers.