Birke (onomastics)

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Onomastics and disambiguational information about the words and geological- or human names that forms Birk-, Birke-, Birken-, etc.

The German word Birke means birch.

Contents 1 Supposed forms 2 Place names 3 Birk 4 Birck 5 Birks 6 Birke 7 Birken 7.1 Birkel, Birkl, Birkle 8 Birkheim, Birkheimer, Pirkheimer 9 Birkhof, Birkhoff 10 Birkland, Birkeland 11 Birkmeier 12 Birkstock, Birkenstock 13 Birch-, Bircher 13.1 Bircher 14 Brik, Bryk 15 See also

[edit] Supposed forms

/	-baum	-bom -boim	-feld -feldt	-heim -heimer	-mann -man
Birk	Birkbaum	Birkbom Birkboim	Birkfeld Birkfeldt	Birkheim Birkheimer	Birkmann Birkman
Birck	Birckbaum	Birckbom Birckboim	Birckfeld Birckfeldt	Birckheim Birckheimer	Birckmann Birckman
Birke Bircke	Birkebaum	Birkebom Birkeboim	Birkefeld Birkefeldt	Birkeheim Birkeheimer	Birkemann Birkeman
Birken	Birkenbaum	Birkenbom Birkenboim	Birkenfeld Birkenfeldt	Birkenheim Birkenheimer	Birkenmann Birkenman
Pirk	Pirkbaum	Pirkbom Pirkboim	Pirkfeld Pirkfeldt	Pirkheim Pirkheimer	Pirkmann Pirkman
Pirck Pirch	Pirckbaum	Pirckbom Pirckboim	Pirckfeld Pirckfeldt	Pirckheim Pirckheimer	Pirckmann Pirckman
Pirke Pircke	Pirkebaum	Pirkebom Pirkeboim	Pirkefeld Pirkefeldt	Pirkeheim Pirkeheimer	Pirkemann Pirkeman
Pirken	Pirkenbaum	Pirkenbom Pirkenboim	Pirkenfeld Pirkenfeldt	Pirkenheim Pirkenheimer	Pirkenmann Pirkenman

[edit] Place names

Germany Birkenau Uhlingen-Birkendorf Birkenfeld Birkenfeld Birkenwerder Pirk Czech Republic Birkau: Březí Birkenberg: Březové Hory (part of Příbram) Birkenbühl: Březí Birkenhaid: Březová Lada Birkigt: Březiny Birkigt Bodisch: Březová-Bohdašín Habersbirk/Hauersbirk: Habartov Kaltenbirken: Záhořanky Kirchenbirk/Kirchenbirg/Kirchenberg: Kostelní Bríža Niederbirkicht: Podbřezí Ober Birken: Horní Bříza Wällischbirken / Wällisch Birken: Vlachovo Březí / Vlachové Březí Pirkenhammer / Březová Poland Birkenau / Brzezinka

Austria Birchbaum Birkach Birkenberg Birkensee Birkfeld ([1]) Pircha Pircha/Gleisdorf Pircha/Kumberg Pirchegg Pirching Pirching am Traubenberg Pirching an der Raab Pirchl-alm Pirk Pirk/Grafenstein Pirk/Krumpendorf am Woerthersee

Pirka Pirka/Hitzendorf Pirka/Meiselding Pirka/Seiersberg Pirkaberg Pirkach Pirkachberg Pirkdorf Pirkeben Plrkebner Alm Pirkegg-alm Pirkeggen Pirkhof Pirkwiesen Other countries Birkenes (Norway) Birkenhead (disambiguation) (English place names)

[edit] Birk

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• Aadu Birk, former Estonian Prime Minister
• Kaj Birket-Smith (1893-), Danish anthropologist
• Matt Birk

Given name

• Birk Sproxton
• Birk, Old Norse word for a market place

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• Oszkár Birck (1916, Dárda - 1980), Hungarian ([2])

[edit] Birks

• Frederick Birks
• John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
• Ronald Birks, musician
• Thomas Rawson Birks
• Peter Birks

[edit] Birke

• Lynda Birke

[edit] Birken

• a race, see Birkebeinerrennet

Place names

• Birken, Germany, near Radevormwald, see Birken (Radevormwald)
• Birken, Germany, near Morsbach, siehe Birken (Morsbach)

Last names

• German baroque Author Sigmund von Birken, see de:Sigmund von Birken

[edit] Birkel, Birkl, Birkle

• Albert Birkle (), Austrian ([])

[edit] Birkheim, Birkheimer, Pirkheimer

• Willibach Pirkheimer / Willibach Pirckheimer (1470-1530)

[edit] Birkhof, Birkhoff

See Birkhof/Birkhoff article

• George David Birkhoff (1884-1944), German mathematician

[edit] Birkland, Birkeland

• Birkeland
• Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917), Norwegian physicist

[edit] Birkmeier

• Karl von Birkmeyer / Carl von Birkmeyer (1847-1920), German jurist
• Michael Birkmeyer (), Austrian ([])
• Walther Birkmayer (), Austrian ([])

[edit] Birkstock, Birkenstock

• Birkenstock
• Johann Melchior von Birkenstock (), Austrian ([])

[edit] Birch-, Bircher

• Felix Victor Birch-Hirschfeld (1842, Kluvensiek, near Rendsburg - 1899), German pathologist and medical author ([3])

[edit] Bircher

• Charlotte Birch-Pfeiffer / Karoline Birch-Pfeiffer (1800-1868)
• Maximilian Oskar Bircher-Benner (1878-1939)

[edit] Brik, Bryk

Jewish surname usually from the Yiddish word {[lang-yi|בריק}} brik - bridge. In many cases the family origine is the Hebrew acronym (notaricon) - Ben Rabbi Yakov-Kop(p)el. In case of Osip Brik and his wife Lilya Brik surname the surname came from acronym Ben Rabbi Yehuda Kagan.

• Lilya Brik, Russian Jewish actress (sometimes misspelled Birk)
• Osip Brik (sometimes misspelled Birk)
• Brik

Polish surname Bryk from the old Latin first name Brictius, which was used more often in Poland centuries ago in forms such as Brykcy and Brykcjusz; or from the verb root brykac~, "to frisk, gambol."

[edit] See also

• birch
• břez, Brzezinski, Berezovsky
• Brest
• Brieg, Briesen

• Brik, Brick, Bruck/Brück/Brueck, Bruch
• Berkowitz, Berkovits, Berkó, Berg, Bergmann, Bergson
• Burger, Bürger/Buerger
• Pirquet
• Birge
• Barches, Birkis
• Birnbaum, Pirnbaum
• Buchenbaum
• Buchsbaum