Burrichter Family History
Burrichter Name Meaning
North German: status name for a judge in a community Middle Low German būr(ge)rihter ‘judge in a court of law charged with deciding minor daily matters (taxes watch duty etc.)’ from būr ‘inhabitant citizen’ + (ge)richte ‘court of law’ + the agent suffix -(e)r. In some cases possibly also Dutch (Overijssel): rare variant of Boerrigter a cognate of 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022