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Burr

in Kentucky

There are 73 people with the last name "Burr" in Kentucky.

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Burr 5,127
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  1. is 5,123rd most common Bracken
  2. is 5,124th most common Brumagen
  3. is 5,125th most common Bruns
  4. is 5,126th most common Buchanon
  5. is 5,127th most common Burr
  6. is 5,128th most common Capito
  7. is 5,129th most common Chaudoin
  8. is 5,130th most common Clymer
  9. is 5,131st most common Deacon

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

Peter, Terry, Kathy, Monica, Paul, Rick, Robert, Susan, Tara, Adele

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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