Birke Family History
Birke Name Meaning
North German: variant of Birk Compare Birkey . Germanized form of Sorbian Běrk (see Berk ) or of its cognate Běrka (see Berka ). Compare Birkey . Perhaps a shortened form of any of various Danish and Norwegian surnames beginning with Birke- for example Birkeland and Birkelund (‘birch grove’). Swedish: ornamental name derived from birk ‘birch’. Ethiopian: from the personal name Birke which is interpreted as ‘my precious’ in the Amharic language. — Note: Since Ethiopians do not have hereditary surnames this name was registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022