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, ultimately from Greek κυριακόν (kyriakon). The same word is used in Scotland and northern England for a church. A famous bearer was the American actor Kirk Douglas (1916-2020), whose birth name was Issur Danielovitch.
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