Burke

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Burke
Blazon: Or, a cross gules
Pronunciation/bərk/
Irish: [ˈbuːɾˠk]
Language(s)English / Irish
Origin
Language(s)French
Derivationde Burgh (de Búrca / Búrc)
Meaning"of the borough"
Region of originEngland, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Bourke, Burgo/de Burgo, de Bourgh
Anglicisation(s)Burgh

Burke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) is a Norman-Irish surname, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (circa 1160–1206) had the surname de Burgh, which was gaelicised in Irish as de Búrca and over the centuries became Búrc, then Burke, and Bourke.[1]

Notable people with this name include:

Surname[edit]

A[edit]

Aggrey Burke
Alexandra Burke

B[edit]

Barbara Burke
Bessie Burke

C[edit]

Caroline Burke
Charles H. Burke
Cheryl Burke
Chris Burke

D[edit]

Daithí Burke
David Burke
Delta Burke
Dennis K. Burke
Don Burke

E[edit]

Edmund Burke
Elijah Burke

F[edit]

Frances Mary Burke
Frank W. Burke

G[edit]

Geoffrey Burke
Greg Burke

H[edit]

Harry E. Burke

I[edit]

  • Ian Burke Irish Gaelic football player
  • Ingrid Burke or "Indy" Burke, American botanist and academic
  • Irwin Burke (born 1916, date of death unknown), Barbadian cricketer

J[edit]

• James P. Burke 1930-2004 Buffalo Soldier and Korean War Veteran

J. Herbert Burke
Jack Burke
James Edmund Burke
James Burke
Jamie Burke
James Burke
James Burke
James F. Burke
Jasmine Burke
John Burke
John J. Burke

K[edit]

Kathleen Burke
Kathleen Burke Hale

L[edit]

Leo Burke
Leon Burke III

M[edit]

Marie Burke
Margaret Burke Sheridan
Maud Alice Burke Cunard
Michael Burke
Mildred Burke

N[edit]

Nicholas Burke

O[edit]

P[edit]

Paul Burke

R[edit]

Raymond H. Burke
Ricard O'Sullivan Burke
Richard Burke Jr.
Robert C. Burke

S[edit]

Sailor Burke
Selma Burke
Solomon Burke

T[edit]

Thomas Burke
Thomas Burke
Thomas Martin Aloysius Burke
Thomas Burke
Tom Burke

U[edit]

Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

V[edit]

W[edit]

Walter Burke
William J. Burke

Y[edit]

Given name[edit]

Burke Cuppage
Burke Shelley
Charles Burke Elbrick

By title[edit]

Fictional characters[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.