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Burg

Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

Old English : Free citizen; shopkeeper

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

German (also Bürg) : topographic name, from Middle High German burc ‘fortification’, ‘castle’, or a habitational name from any of the numerous places called Burg.
German : from a short form of the personal name Burkhard (see Burkhart).
Dutch : short form of Vanderburg.
Dutch : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Burgo.
Jewish : variant of Burger.
Probably in some cases an altered spelling of Burgh.