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Burr

in Maine

There are 132 people with the last name "Burr" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

NameRank
Burr 1,545
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  1. is 1,541st most common Watt
  2. is 1,542nd most common Gove
  3. is 1,543rd most common Larose
  4. is 1,544th most common Whittaker
  5. is 1,545th most common Burr
  6. is 1,546th most common Donnell
  7. is 1,547th most common Gibbons
  8. is 1,548th most common Kirkpatrick
  9. is 1,549th most common Milligan

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

Paul, David, Peter, Richard, Robert, Daniel, George, James, Jennifer, Lawrence

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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