Given name & surname
Burchard
“as strong as a castle”
Burchard is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “as strong as a castle.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “as strong as a castle.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burchard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 29 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 7 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 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,844 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.
Burchard’s family of names
Burchard has a related form in Bucardo. Burchard has a related form in Burckhardt. Burchard has a related form in Burckhart.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Burchard
- Burchard II of SwabiaDuke of Swabia883–926
- Burchard III of SwabiaDuke of Swabia from 954 to 973915–973
- Burchard of WormsRoman Catholic bishop965–1025
- Burchard of WürzburgBishop of Würzburg683–755
- Burchard I of SwabiaDuke of Swabia855–911
- Burchard von SchwandenGrand Master of the Teutonic Knights1245–1310
- Burchard, Duke of ThuringiaGerman noble900–908
- Burchard IIGerman cleric and Bishop of Halberstadt (c.1028–1088)
- Burchard de VolderDutch mathematician1643–1709
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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