Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings German : Castle Boy name variations Burke Bourke Burk Birk Byrk Byrke Family name origins & meanings North German : variant of Birk 2.Perhaps a shortened form of any of various Danish and Norwegian surnames beginning with Birke-, for example Birkeland and Birkelund (‘birch grove’).Swedish : ornamental name from birk ‘birch’.