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Burr

in Alabama

There are 138 people with the last name "Burr" in Alabama.

Ranking in Alabama

Name	Rank
Burr	3,518

is 3,514th most common Quinley
is 3,515th most common Witherington
is 3,516th most common Bolan
is 3,517th most common Boykins
is 3,518th most common Burr
is 3,519th most common Duran
is 3,520th most common Fink
is 3,521st most common Givan
is 3,522nd most common Hendrickson

Meaning & History

Burr

English: of uncertain origin. Reaney explains this as a nickname for a person who is difficult to shake off, from Middle English bur(r) ‘bur’ (a seedhead that sticks to clothing). Burre occurs as a surname or byname as early as 1185, but the vocabulary word is not recorded in OED until the 14th century. Another possibility is derivation from Old English būr ‘small dwelling or building’ (modern English bower), but there are phonological difficulties here too.

German: perhaps a variant spelling of Bur, or a topographic name from Burr(e) ‘mound’, ‘hill’, or in the south a variant of Burrer.

FOREBEARS The American political leader Aaron Burr (1756–1836) was the son of a clergyman and academic, president of Princeton University. On his mother's side he was descended from the Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards; on his father's from Jehu Burr, who emigrated from England with John Winthrop to MA in 1630.