Berk

See also: berk and bərk

English

Etymology

As a Dutch, Czech, and Polish surname, from a Germanic personal name stemming from Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”). Also see Bernhard.
As a Dutch and north German surname, from the word for birch tree, from Proto-West Germanic *berku.
As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Berg.

Proper noun

Berk

A surname.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.

Anagrams

brek, kerb

Turkish

Proper noun

Berk

a male given name from Proto-Turkic which means "the hardy/strong one"

See also

Berke
Berkcan
Berkecan
Berkay
Berker

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