Bur
English
editEtymology
editThree possible origins:
- Borrowed from French Bur, probably a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name.
- Borrowed from Alemannic German Bur (“peasant, farmer”) and Low German Bur (“peasant, farmer”).
- Borrowed from Slovak Búr, a surname of unexplained origin.
Proper noun
editBur (plural Burs)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bur is the 40909th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 533 individuals. Bur is most common among White (84.43%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bur”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 252.
Luxembourgish
editNoun
editBur m (plural Buren)
- Superseded spelling of Buer (“well”).
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms borrowed from Alemannic German
- English terms derived from Alemannic German
- English terms borrowed from Low German
- English terms derived from Low German
- English terms borrowed from Slovak
- English terms derived from Slovak
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from French
- English surnames from Slovak
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- Luxembourgish superseded forms