Kirk (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Meaning and etymology 2 Place names 3 Personal names

[edit] Meaning and etymology

• See: Kirk

[edit] Place names

Kirk is found as an element in many place names in Scotland and northern England, and in countries with large Scottish expatriate communities, for example:

Scotland

• Falkirk
• Halkirk, Caithness, Highland
• Kirkcaldy, Fife
• Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway
• Kirkliston, Edinburgh
• Selkirk
• Kirkton of Skene, Aberdeenshire, and many other Kirktons, all tiny, and mostly matched with a Castleton or a Milton.
• Kirk, Highland
• Kirkwall, Orkney
• Prestonkirk, East Lothian

England

• Kirk Merrington, County Durham
• Kirkby, Merseyside
• Kirkstall, West Yorkshire

North America

• Kirkpatrick, Oregon, United States
• Newkirk, Oklahoma, United States
• Kirkland, Washington, United States

[edit] Personal names

Kirk is in common use as a surname:

• Andy Kirk, a jazz musician.
• James T. Kirk, a fictional starship captain in Star Trek.
• Jennifer Kirk, a figure skater
• Justin Kirk, an actor.
• Matthew Kirk, diplomat
• Norman Kirk, a Prime Minister of New Zealand.
• Peter Kirk, English mill owner, founder of Kirkland, WA ,USA
• Sir Peter Michael Kirk, MP
• Phyllis Kirk, an actress
• Russell Kirk, the "father of modern conservatism".
• Rahsaan Roland Kirk, a jazz musician.

Kirk is also occasionally found as a forename:

• Kirk Douglas, actor.
• Kirk Cameron, actor; hence the name of Cameron's 1995 TV Series: Kirk
• Kirk Franklin, the gospel musician
• Kirk Gleason, a character on the Gilmore Girls TV Series
• Kirk Hammett, guitarist.
• Kirk Thatcher, who played the punk on the bus in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
• Kirk Thornton, voice actor.
• Kirk Van Houten a secondary character from The Simpsons
• Kirk Hinrich, a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls
• Kirk Kerkorian, a businessman.