Berk

See also: berk and bərk

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

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.

Anagrams

• brek, kerb

Turkish

Proper noun

Berk

1. a male given name from Proto-Turkic which means "the hardy/strong one"

See also

• Berke
• Berkcan
• Berkecan
• Berkay
• Berker