Bourke (Irish: de Búrca; Latin: de Burgo) is an Anglo-Norman Irish surname, a variant of the surname Burke, deriving from the ancient Anglo-Norman and Hiberno-Norman noble dynasty, the House of Burgh. In Ireland, the descendants of William de Burgh (c.1160–1206) had the surname de Burgh which was gaelicised in Irish as de Búrca and over the centuries became Búrc then Burke and Bourke.[1][2][3]

Bourke
Blazon: Or, a cross gules
PronunciationEnglish: /bərk/
Irish: [ˈbuːɾˠk]
Language(s)English / Irish
Origin
Language(s)French
Derivationde Burgh (de Búrca / Búrc)
Meaning"of the borough"
Region of originEngland, Ireland
Other names
Variant form(s)Burke, Burgo/de Burgo, de Bourgh
Anglicisation(s)Burgh

Notable people with this name include:

Surname

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  • Al Bourke or Alan Stamford (born 1928), Australian boxer of the 1940s and 1950s
  • Anselm Bourke or Msgr Anselm (Nicholas) Bourke (1835–1924), Irish-Australian Roman Catholic priest
  • Arthur Roston Bourke, English association football referee and administrator
 
Bill Bourke
  • Cecil Bourke or Cecil Frederick Joseph Bourke (1841–1910), British cleric and Archdeacon of Buckingham
  • Charles Bourke (c.1765–1820), Irish priest
  • Chris Bourke or Christopher John Bourke, Australian politician
  • Ciarán Bourke (1935–1988), Irish singer and folk musician
  • Colin Bourke (born 1984), Japanese rugby sevens player
 
David Noel Bourke
 
Edmund Bourke
 
Fannie Bourke
  • Fannie Bourke or Fan Bourke or Fannie Burke, (1886–1959), American stage and film actress
  • Fergus Bourke (1934–2004), Irish photographer
  • Fiona Bourke (born 1988), New Zealand rower
  • Francis Bourke or Francis William Bourke (born 1947), Australian rules footballer
  • Frank Bourke or Francis Michael "Frank" Bourke (1922–2011), Australian rules footballer
  • Henry Bourke or Brigadier Henry Sackville Joynt Bourke (1900–1983), British Army officer
  • Harry Legge-Bourke or Sir Henry Legge-Bourke (1914–1973) British politician
 
John Gregory Bourke
 
Ken Bourke
  • Latika Bourke (born 1984), Australian author and journalist
  • Lindsay Bourke or Lindsay Blue (born 1945), Australian classical and ambient musician, visual artist and poet
 
Mary Bourke Robinson
  • Nicholas Bourke (died 1771), Anglo-Irish planter in Jamaica
  • Norah Lindsay or Norah Mary Madeleine Bourke (1873–1948), Anglo-Irish socialite and garden designer
 
Robert Bourke, 1st Baron Connemara
 
Thomas E. Bourke
 
Troy Bourke
 
William Bourke Cockran
  • Vernon Bourke (1907–1998), Canadian-American Philosopher
  • Vin Bourke or Vincent Valera Bourke (born 1933), Australian rules footballer

Given name

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^ "Bourke Coat of Arms Meanings and Family Crest Artwork". coadb.com: Coat of Arms, Surname Histories, Genealogy. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  2. ^ "Bourke Name Meaning, Family History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms". HouseOfNames. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  3. ^ Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.

Bibliography

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Woulfe, Patrick (1923). Irish Names and Surnames (in English and Irish). Dublin: M. H. Gill & Sons Ltd.