Americanized spelling of Swiss German Bürki, or an
altered spelling of Berke (see Berke 2).
Possibly an Americanized spelling of Hungarian Berki, a
habitational name from a village called Berki, in Pest county, or a
topographic name from berek ‘marsh with groves’.
English : unexplained.
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