Burchard
Burchard are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:
- German
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Burchard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Burchard are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Germanic
The Story of Burchard
American parents first put Burchard on the record books as a baby boy name in 1920, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1924, when 7 Burchards were born — ranking #3,505 that year. Burchard last appeared in the published SSA data in 1926, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Burchard
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Burchard. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Burkhard
- Burkhart
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About the name Burchard
Burchard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Burchard's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #3,505. Use the chart and map above to compare Burchard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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