De Búrca
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 Blazon: Or, a cross gules | |
| Pronunciation | Irish: [də ˈbuːɾˠkə] English: /də ˈbʊrkə/ |
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| Language | Irish |
| Origin | |
| Language | French |
| Derivation | de Burgh |
| Meaning | "of the borough" |
| Region of origin | England, Ireland |
| Other names | |
| Variant forms | de Bourgh, Burgo/de Burgo |
| Anglicisation | Burgh |
| Derivatives | Burke, Bourke |
de Búrca (English: de Burgh; Latin: de Burgo; also Búrc, Bourke and Burke) is an Irish Anglo-Norman surname 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]
Notable people with this name include:
