Help regarding last name “BORICI”

Hello all,

This is a topic I have also posted in the Serbian rodoslovlje website. For everyone's convenience,

 I am quoting below the respective post, which explains my enquiry.

Hello all,

I have been doing some research on the history of the
BORICI
family name that persists among many Balkan people. I have found out
that this last name is shared among Serbians, Montenegrins, and
Albanians. In the former two, the last name is written with the
diacritic ćBorići. But in the latter, it is written as Boriçi, with the Turkish/Albanian letter ç.

(transliterated), so the name reads as

Furthermore, I have discovered that several geographical names in the Balkans are spelled exactly as Borici, or with some variations, such as Boric or Boricje.
Hence, we have villages (in Albania/Montenegro) spelled as Boric or
Borici; we have a mountain south of Kosovo (spelled, I guess, Boric),
and some other places in BiH or Croatia, including a Croatian location
spelled Boricevac.

Last, but not least, I have found that several south-Slavic people share
the last name Borici. I have found this in Serbia, Montenegro, and
Croatia, and in Albania it seems to be quite common. In light of that,
the last name Borici seems to be a patronym.

As per the “Balkan fever”, one could not state where one's family name
is derived from unless confronted with facts. Therefore, I decided to
write to this forum to ask for help in determining the origins of people
whose last name is Borici (or Boric, as the closest variation). I would
be very grateful if you could clarify this to me, at least with
opinions, but mainly with facts. Is it South-Slavic, Albanian, Slavic in
general?

Thank you!

The input I received in the Serbian rodoslovlje along with my own research led me to

a plausible new path regarding my ancestry — that of Croatian descent. I spoke with several

Croatian families (immigrants) in New Zealand who shared the Boric version of my last name.

For that reason, I decided to submit this post here, as well, in case I could get even more

help.

Thanks!!