Burg

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.