Burch

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How to Pronounce Burch

Pronounced BURCH /ˈbɜrtʃ/Medium

Meaning: Burch is a transferred English surname, a spelling of Birch that named someone who lived by a birch tree or wood. Like other nature-surnames it was handed on as a given name, carrying the plain, outdoor sense of the tree rather than a personal meaning.Low

In 30 seconds: Burch is a surname-turned-first-name from the English word for the birch tree. It saw quiet use in the early nineteen-hundreds (said BURCH).

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MeaningBurch is a transferred English surname, a spelling of Birch that named someone who lived by a birch tree or wood. Like other nature-surnames it was handed on as a given name, carrying the plain, outdoor sense of the tree rather than a personal meaning.

U.S. rank (1958)#4019 ↘ Falling

1958 U.S. births5 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)

Peak year1916

Total births (all-time)≈ 157

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Burch is a transferred English surname, a variant of Birch, marking an ancestor who dwelt near a birch tree or grove. Such surnames were sometimes passed forward as given names, often to honor a family line, which is how Burch surfaced as an early-twentieth-century boy's name. It carries the tidy, rooted feel of the many English place and nature surnames of its type.

Burch was rare throughout, given to only about twenty boys a year even at its high around 1916, and it had faded from use by mid-century. A boy named Burch then would be over a hundred today.

Did you know? Burch and Birch both trace to families who once lived beside a birch wood, a naming habit that dotted early American records with tree and landscape surnames used as first names.

Overall data confidence 55%

References - Burch — Transferred English surname; variant of Birch, birch-tree sense

Variations

BirchBurcheBerch

Nicknames

BurrBee

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Burch mean?

It is an English surname used as a first name, a form of Birch meaning someone who lived by a birch tree.

How do you pronounce Burch?

It is said BURCH /ˈbɜrtʃ/, one syllable rhyming with church.

Is Burch a boy or girl name?

Burch is used as a boy's name.

How popular is Burch?

It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty boys a year at its high in the early nineteen-hundreds.