 The Sudeten German surname "Porsche" can be traced to the 18th century in the area of Reichenberg (now Liberec), Bohemia.The surname originates with the German word "Bursche" ("boy, young man, apprentice, farmhand") and is on record in northern Bohemia in various spellings ("Porsch, Borsche, Borsch, Bursche, Bursch, Pursch, Pursche", etc.