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Burr

in Minnesota

There are 224 people with the last name "Burr" in Minnesota.

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Burr 2,354
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  1. is 2,350th most common Wicks
  2. is 2,351st most common Zak
  3. is 2,352nd most common Anton
  4. is 2,353rd most common Bradshaw
  5. is 2,354th most common Burr
  6. is 2,355th most common Cloud
  7. is 2,356th most common Eichten
  8. is 2,357th most common England
  9. is 2,358th most common Koehn

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

David, Michael, Donna, Kenneth, Mary, Richard, Stanley, Thomas, Carlene, George

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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