Given name & surname · also Old English
Birkin
“birchen”
Birkin is a surname, probably from Old English (ultimately Old Norse).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Birkin probably goes back to Old English bircen, meaning “birchen.”
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Where it comes from
Birkin probably comes from Old English, and ultimately from Old Norse.
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How it developed
Probably from Old English bircen (“birchen”), from Old Norse birkinn.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Birkin’s family of names
In English usage, Birkin as a surname has a related form in BURKINS. In Greek usage, Birkin as a surname is a transliteration of Μπίρκιν. In Russian usage, Birkin as a surname is a transliteration of Биркин.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Birkin has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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Øyvinn
“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”
>99% boys
Øivinn
“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”
>99% boys
Øyvin
“luck, good fortune” · “victor, victorious lord”
>99% boys
Birghir
Birghir is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Old Swedish.
>99% boys
Birkbeck
“birch”
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Bigby
“settlement, town”
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Birna
“female bear”
7% boys · 93% girls