The story
- French · derived fromlac Borgne“One-Eyed Lake”
- English todayLake Borgne
Derived from French lac Borgne (“One-Eyed Lake”), probably because it was not entirely surrounded by land, its eastern end having a wide opening to the Gulf of Mexico. French borgne could have also signified "dingy", as the water may have appeared when compared to that of the clearer Mississippi Sound.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.