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birr Name Meaning and History

German and French (Alsace): from a short form of the personal name Pirmin, the name of an 8th century bishop and founder of several monasteries in southern Germany, or, according to some sources, from the French personal name Pierre (see Peter).

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Distribution of birr Families in the US in 1920
Number of birr families
 19-35
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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