Bourke
Blazon: Or, a cross gules
Pronunciation/bərk/
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

Bourke 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]

Notable people with this name include:

Surname

A

  • 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

B

C

D

E

F

  • Fannie Bourke or Fan Bourke or Fannie Burke, (1886–1959), American stage and film actress
  • 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

G

H

  • 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

J

K

L

  • Latika Bourke (born 1984), Australian author and journalist
  • Lindsay Bourke or Lindsay Blue (born 1945), Australian classical and ambient musician, visual artist and poet

M

N

  • Nicholas Bourke, Anglo-Irish planter in Jamaica
  • Norah Lindsay or Norah Mary Madeleine Bourke (1873–1948), Anglo-Irish socialite and garden designer

P

R

S

T

V

  • Vernon Bourke (1907–1998), Canadian-American Philosopher
  • Vin Bourke or Vincent Valera Bourke (born 1933), Australian rules footballer

W

Given name

See also

References

  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.
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