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Burr

in Connecticut

There are 447 people with the last name "Burr" in Connecticut.

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Burr 726
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  1. is 722nd most common Larkin
  2. is 723rd most common Le
  3. is 724th most common Norris
  4. is 725th most common Ball
  5. is 726th most common Burr
  6. is 727th most common Dimauro
  7. is 728th most common Lin
  8. is 729th most common Osborne
  9. is 730th most common Pace

Similar Names and Nicknames

Berry, Burrell, Burris, Barr, Barry, Burroughs, Burrows, Barrow, Burrow, Burress

Most Common First Names for Burr

David, Donald, Patricia, Robert, Richard, Susan, Thomas, Barbara, Brian, Edward

Meaning & History

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.

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