- Burne - BURN
What does Burne mean? Burne [burne] as a boys' name is of Middle English derivation, and Burne means "stream; brook". Burne is an alternate spelling of Bourne (Middle English): place name. Burne is also a variant of Burns (Middle English).
Meaning: Brook
- Burneig
Meaning: Lives on the brook island
Origin: English - Burnel
It was a name for a person with brown hair or a dark complexion. The surname Burnell is derived from the Old English word burnel. This word comes from the Old French word brunel, which is a diminutive of the Old French word brun. Normally a nickname, Burnell was also used as a personal name. Buy PDF History »
Meaning: Derived from burnell, little brown child
Origin: French - Burnell - burn-EL
The name Burnell is an Irish baby name. In Irish the meaning of the name Burnell is: Bear; brown.
Meaning: A burnt hill
Origin: English - Burnett - burn-ET
Burnett is an English surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.
Meaning: Burned nettle
Origin: French - Burnette
Burnett is a Scottish surname. It is derived from a nickname from the Old French burnete, brunette, which is a diminutive of brun meaning "brown", "dark brown". Another proposed origin of the name is from burnete, a high quality wool cloth originally dyed to a dark brown colour.
Meaning: Bear, brown
Origin: English - Burney
The name Burney is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Burney is: Lives on the brook island.
Meaning: Island with a brook
Origin: English - Burnie
The meaning of the name “Burnie” is: “Brenno's settlement”. Categories: British Names, English Names, Norman Names, Surnames Names.
Meaning: Variant of Birney: Small river or stream with an island.
Origin: English - Burns - BURNZ
Burns Name Meaning. Scottish and northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stream or streams, from the Middle English nominative plural or genitive singular of burn (see Bourne). Scottish: variant of Burnhouse, habitational name from a place named with burn 'stream' + house 'house'.
Meaning: From a stream
Origin: English - Burr - BUR
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.
Meaning: Prickly plant
Origin: Swedish - Burrell - bur-EL
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: probably a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or sold coarse woolen cloth, Middle English burel or borel (from Old French burel, a diminutive of b(o)ure); the same word was used adjectively in the sense 'reddish brown' and may have been applied as a nickname ...
- Burris
The name Burris was brought to England in the wave of migration that followed the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Burris family lived in Hampshire. The name was given to settlements located near a hill, and is from the Old English beorg, which means hill.
Meaning: Town dweller
Origin: English - Bursone
Burson Name Meaning. English: unexplained; apparently a patronymic, but from an unidentified medieval personal name. It may be a variant of Barson.
Meaning: Son of byrne
Origin: English - Burt - BURT
The name Burt is an English baby name. In English the meaning of the name Burt is: Derived from the Old English 'beorht' meaning bright, glorious. Also used as a name derived from the surname and place name Burton, meaning fortified enclosure. Famous bearers: American actors Burt Lancaster and Burt Reynolds.
- Burtie
- Burton - BURT-ən
Burton Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place name that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh 'fort' (see Burke) + tun 'enclosure', 'settlement'.
- Burtt
The name Burtt came to England with the ancestors of the Burtt family in the Norman Conquest of 1066. It comes from the Norman personal name and was originally spelled Berte. That name is derived from the word berht, which means light.
Meaning: Derived from bert, bright light
Origin: English - Burty
Meaning: Derived from bert, bright light
Origin: English - Busby
Busby Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in North Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Buschebi, from Old Norse buskr 'bush', 'shrub' or an Old Norse personal name Buski + býr 'homestead', 'village', or from some other place so called.
Meaning: From the farm in the thicket
Origin: Norwegian - Busbyr
Norse Meaning: The name Busby is a Norse baby name. In Norse the meaning of the name Busby is: Dwells at the village.
Meaning: Dwells at the village
Origin: Norwegian - Buster - BUS-tər
The name Buster is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Buster is: Derived from a nickname used in the United States, occasionally used as a first name in honour of American silent film comic actor Buster Keaton.
Meaning: One who breaks things
Origin: English - Butch - BOOCH
The name Butch is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Butch is: Butcher.
- Butcher - BOOCH-ər
Butcher is a common family name in England but it may have French origins. It was originally an occupational surname used to identify a person who worked as a butcher. The name derived from the Old English word boucher or the Old French word bouchier.
Meaning: Butcher
- Butler - BUT-lər
Butler Name Meaning. English and Irish: from a word that originally denoted a wine steward, usually the chief servant of a medieval household, from Norman French butuiller (Old French bouteillier, Latin buticularius, from buticula 'bottle').
- Buz
Meaning & History. Means "contempt" in Hebrew. This is the name of a son of ABRAHAM's brother Nahor in the Old Testament.
Meaning: Despised, plundered
Origin: Israeli - Buzz
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