Given name & surname
Burch
“from the birch tree”
Burch is a variant of Birch. One English interpretation is “from the birch tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Burch is a variant of Birch. One English interpretation is “from the birch tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Burch is a variant of Birch. An origin associated with Birch is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle English birche (“birch”), from Old English bierċe, from Proto-West Germanic *birkijā, from Proto-Germanic *birkijǭ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burch through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 157 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 17 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 1958. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 17 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 173 as a first name in 2020; 34,518 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.
Burch’s family of names
Burch has a related form in Birch. In German usage, Burch as a surname has a related form in Burg.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Burch
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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