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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of three places in Devon named Burridge, from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke) + hrycg ‘ridge’.
  • English : from the Middle English personal name Burrich, Old English Burgrīc, composed of the elements burh, burg ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’ + rīc ‘power’.

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