Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings Old English : White, birch treeGerman : Castle Boy name variations Birch Birche Birket Birkee Birkey Birky Birkhead Birkhed Birkit Birkett Berch Berche Burch Byrch Byrche Burke Bourke Burk Birke Byrk Byrke How Popular Is The Name Birk Family name origins & meanings Danish, Swedish, and northern English : variant of Birch.German : northern habitational name from any of various places called Birk, Birke, or Birken.German : southern variant of Buerk.Slovenian : unexplained.