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Burr

in Texas

There are 746 people with the last name "Burr" in Texas.

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Burr 2,903
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  1. is 2,899th most common Tankersley
  2. is 2,900th most common Jeffers
  3. is 2,901st most common Maher
  4. is 2,902nd most common Pringle
  5. is 2,903rd most common Burr
  6. is 2,904th most common Clifford
  7. is 2,905th most common Colley
  8. is 2,906th most common Jay
  9. is 2,907th most common Maya

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Burr

James, Donald, Richard, Barbara, Michael, Patricia, Ronald, David, John, William

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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