Berk
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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.
Anagrams
Turkish
Proper noun
Berk
- a male given name from Proto-Turkic, meaning “the hardy/strong one”, in regular use since the 2000's