Birk
[bɪrk]Meaning
short form of Burkhard, a Germanic given name
Background Story
Birk is a short form of Burkhard. Behind the Name records it as the name of a character in Astrid Lindgren's 1981 book Ronia the Robber's Daughter, and lists it as used in Anglo-Saxon and Germanic. Wiktionary derives the English surname Birk from the Anglo-Norman surname, from Old English burh or burg, meaning fortification or city.
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