Given name & surname
Burt
“from the fortress”
Burt is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the fortress.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the fortress.”
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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Burt through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,555
- 6,555 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 152 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 152 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,889 as a first name in 2020; 25,595 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.
Burt’s family of names
Burt has a related form in Burte. Burt has a related form in Burtt.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Burt
- Burt LancasterAmerican actor (1913–1994)
- Burt ReynoldsAmerican actor (1936–2018)
- Burt BacharachAmerican pianist, composer, producer (1928–2023)
- Burt YoungAmerican actor (1940–2023)
- Burt WardAmerican actorborn 1945
- Burt KwoukBritish actor (1930–2016)
- Burt MunroNew Zealand motorcycle racer (1899–1978)
- Burt KennedyAmerican film director and screenwriter (1922-2001)
- Burt McKinnieAmateur golfer (1879–1946)
Characters named Burt: Burt Hummel (the television series Glee), Burt Gummer (the Tremors film series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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