The burge Surname
burge Name Meaning and History
- English (chiefly Somerset and Dorset): variant of Bridge, Old English brycg, with metathesis of u and r, as exemplified in several place names of this origin in various parts of southern England.
- German (Bürge): from Middle High German bürge ‘bailsman’, ‘guarantor’.
- In some cases maybe an altered spelling of Swiss Bürgi (see Burgi).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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