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Burr

in Tennessee

There are 274 people with the last name "Burr" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Burr 2,581
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  1. is 2,577th most common Hasty
  2. is 2,578th most common Voss
  3. is 2,579th most common Blackman
  4. is 2,580th most common Brunson
  5. is 2,581st most common Burr
  6. is 2,582nd most common Haston
  7. is 2,583rd most common Hesson
  8. is 2,584th most common Juarez
  9. is 2,585th most common Slone

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

Robert, Mary, David, Donald, Thomas, Aaron, Angela, Barbara, Billy, Craig

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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