Czech, Slovak, and Ukrainian: nickname for a large, loutish
fellow, from the vocabulary word burda.
Polish and
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname for a troublemaker, from Old
Polish burda ‘disturbance’, ‘brawl’ (originally meaning
‘burden’, ‘load’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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