Burian Family History
Burian Name Meaning
Czech and Slovak (also Burián); Hungarian (Burián); Polish and Romanian: from Burian Burián an old personal name apparently composed of bur ‘peasant’ a word of German origin (see Bauer and Bur ) and the name Jan (Slovak Ján) ‘John’. In Czech the name Burian or Bur Jan denotes Saint John a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century in Rome and is venerated together with Saint Paul. Compare German Burhans and the name below. North German: variant of Burhans formed with the personal name Jan ‘John’ in place of its cognate Hans .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022