Burke
Blazon: Or, a cross gules
Pronunciation/bərk/
Language(s)English / Irish
Origin
Language(s)French
Derivationde Burgh (de Búrca / Búrc)
Meaning"of the borough"
Region of originEngland, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Bourke, Burgo/de Burgo, de Bourgh
Anglicisation(s)Burgh

Burke is a Norman-Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (circa 1160–1206) had the surname de Burgh, which was gaelicised in Irish as de Búrca and over the centuries became Búrc, then Burke, and Bourke.[1]

Notable people with this name include:

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  • Ian Burke Irish Gaelic football player
  • Ingrid Burke or "Indy" Burke, American botanist and academic
  • Irwin Burke (born 1916, date of death unknown), Barbadian cricketer

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• James P. Burke 1930-2004 Buffalo Soldier and Korean War Veteran

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See also

References

  1. Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.
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