Burghard

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German burg (“castle, fortress”) + hart (“hard”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Burghard

  1. a male given name from Old High German, variant of Burkhard

Proper noun

Burghard m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Burghards or (with an article) Burghard, feminine genitive Burghard, plural Burghards)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic[2]

References

  1. ^ S.L. Uckelman "Burchard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heuser, Rita, Burghard, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands
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