Boersma

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 striker
 * 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 contemporary classical composer
 * Thomas Boerma (b. 1981), Dutch field hockey player
 * Boorsma
 * Alie Boorsma (b. 1959), Dutch speed skater
 * Tessa Boersma (b. 1993), Australian masterchef contestant and fan favourite.