Given name & surname
Berk
“the hardy”·“strong one”
Berk is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the hardy” and “strong one”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the hardy” and “strong one”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
Berk is a variant of Burke. An origin associated with Burke is French. Berk is a variant of Berkeley. An origin associated with Berkeley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 250
- 250 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 467 as a first name in 2020; 3,370 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Berk’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Berk shares an earlier linguistic root with Berke. Berk has a related form in Burke. Berk has a related form in Berkeley.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Berk has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berk
- Berk OktayTurkish actor (born 1982)
- Berk AtanTurkish actor (born 1991)
- Berk UğurluTurkish basketball player (born 1996)
- Berk DemirTurkish basketball player (born 1995)
- Berk İsmail ÜnsalTurkish association football player (born 1994)
- Berk HakmanTurkish actor (born 1981)
- Berk YıldızTurkish association football player (born 1996)
- Berk NeziroğlularıTurkish association football player (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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