Burk

Where Burk comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Burk.

Burk through the years
  1. 1891
    Debut at its peak, #841
    #841 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1938
    Burk Uzzle born
    American photojournalist
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Burk Uzzle · American photojournalist, born 1938
  • Burk Sharpless · American screenwriter

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.