Kirk
[kɜrk]Meaning
English and Scottish surname meaning "church", from Old Norse kirkja
Background Story
Kirk comes from an English and Scottish surname meaning "church", from Old Norse kirkja, which goes back ultimately to Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon). A famous bearer was the American actor Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), whose birth name was Issur Danielovitch.
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