as a Last Name
- 13,644
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Burden
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly West Country): 1. (of Norman origin) from the Old French personal name Burdo (oblique case Burdon), probably of Germanic origin, but uncertain meaning. 2. nickname for a pilgrim or one who carried a pilgrim's staff, Middle English, Old French bourdon. 3. habitational name from any of various places called Burdon or Burden. Burden in West Yorkshire and Great Burdon in County Durham are named with Old English burh ‘stronghold’, ‘fortified place’ + dūn ‘hill’; Burdon in Tyne and Wear is named with Old English bȳre ‘byre’ + denu ‘valley’.
| 2,665th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 13,644
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Burden per capita
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