Berk
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- 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
[edit]Berk
- A surname.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Berk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 143.
Anagrams
[edit]Turkish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Berk
- a male given name from Proto-Turkic, meaning “the hardy/strong one”, in regular use since the 2000's
See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Dutch
- English terms derived from Czech
- English terms derived from Polish
- English terms derived from Germanic languages
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- Turkish given names
- Turkish male given names
- Turkish male given names from Proto-Turkic