Burkhard (first name)
origin
Presumably derivatives of
- Castle = castle and hard = hard / strong, 'strong protector' and the like.
For family names as a name of origin, however, the following can also be considered: Birch , Borke with Hardt = Old High German for thinly forested, dry area or slope.
distribution
Especially in the area of Würzburg ( Diocese of Würzburg ), after St. Burkard , English missionary and first bishop there. From there, mainly in southwest Germany , in neighboring Alsace and in Switzerland .
name day
Name day of Burkhard is on 14 October (anniversary of the Bishop of Würzburg same name).
Spellings
- Burchard , Burckardt , Burchart
- Burckhard , Burckhardt , Burckhart
- Burgard
- Burghard , Burghardt , Burghart
- Burkard , Burkart , Burkat
- Burkhard , Burkhardt , Burkhart
- Burkert
also:
Variants and short forms
Well-known namesake
Nickname
Nobles:
- Burchardinger , Alemannic noble family, from it a. a .:
- Burchard I (Swabia) (around 855–860–911), Duke of Swabia
- Burchard II (Swabia) (around 883 / 84–926), Duke of Swabia and Raetia
- Burchard III. (Swabia) (around 915–973), Count in the Thur and Zürichgau, Duke of Swabia
- Burkhard (Ostmark) (after 926 – around 981), margrave
- Bouchard I. de Montmorency (Bouchard I. le Barbu, Latin: Burchardus Barbatus, German: Burkhard the Bearded; † after 1028), progenitor of the House of Montmorency
- Burkhard I (Zollern) († 1061), Count of Zollern, progenitor of the Hohenzollern
- Burkard von Weckenstein (1180–1241), Staufischer Reichsministeriale
- Burkhard von Avesnes ( Bouchard d'Avesnes ; † 1244), French nobleman from the House of Avesnes
- Burkhard V. von Broich (before 1320–1367), by heir Herr von Broich
- Burkhard I.-VI. from Hohenberg-Zollern; see master list of the Hohenzollern
- Burkhard III. von Maidburg-Hardegg (14th century), from the Hardegger family
- Burkhard zu Rhein († between 1432 and 1446), Swiss politician
- Burkhard VII Münch von Landskron († 1444)
Church dignitaries:
- Burkard (700–754), first bishop of Würzburg, saint
- Burkhard von Passau († 915), bishop of Passau from 903 to 915
- Burchard of Meissen († 969), first bishop of Meissen
- Burchard von Worms (around 965-1025), from 1000 to 1025 Bishop of Worms
- Burchard I. von Halberstadt , also Burchard von Nabburg (around 1005–1059), German cleric and politician, Bishop of Halberstadt
- Burchard II of Halberstadt (around 1028-1088); German cleric and politician, Bishop of Halberstadt
- Burkard I. (Münsterschwarzach) († 1096 or 1098), Abbot of Münsterschwarzach
- Burkhard von Fenis (Burchard von Hasenburg; around 1040–1107), Bishop of Basel
- Burchard von Holte († 1118), from 1098 to 1118 Bishop of Münster
- Burchard von Oberg († 1573) Bishop of Hildesheim
- Burkard I. (Ebrach) († after 1187), Abbot of Ebrach
- Burkhard von Oltigen († 1089), Bishop of Lausanne from 1056 to 1089
- Burchard von Rot an der Rot († August 3, 1140), First Provost of the Premonstratensian Monastery in Rot an der Rot
- Burkard von Beinwil (around 1120–1192), medieval pastor
- Burchard von Ursberg (around 1170 – around 1231), chronicler and later provost of the Premonstratensian monastery of Ursberg
- Burkhard I von Woldenberg , Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1232 to 1235
- Burkhart von Ziegenhain († 1247), Archbishop of Salzburg
- Burkhard von Hornhausen († 1260) from 1257 to 1260 Landmeister of Livonia of the Teutonic Order; first commander and head of the construction of the Königsberg Palace
- Burchard von Schwanden , also Burkhard († 1310), 12th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1282/1283 to 1290
- Burkhard von Serkem (also Serken; around 1236–1317), bishop of Lübeck from 1276 until his death
- Burkhard von Ellerbach , Bishop of Augsburg in the 14th century
- Burkhard von Weißpriach († 1466), Archbishop of Salzburg (1462–1466)
- Burkhard II von Randegg († 1466), from 1462 to 1466 Bishop of Constance
- Burkard II. Scheel († 1474), Abbot of Ebrach
First name (all spelling variants)
- Burkard Bausch (1656–1721), monk and chronicler
- Burkard Dregger (* 1964), German politician
- Burkhard Driest (1939–2020), German actor and author
- Burkhart Ebe (1881–1949), German sculptor
- Burkhard Fritsche (* 1952), German cartoonist
- Burkhard Glaetzner (* 1943), German oboist and conductor
- Burkhard Göke (* 1956), German doctor, medical director of the Hamburg University Hospital
- Burkhard Heim (1925–2001), German physicist
- Burkard Hillebrands (* 1957), German physicist and university professor
- Burkhard Hirsch (1930–2020), German politician (FDP)
- Burkhard Hofer (* 1944), Austrian lawyer and manager
- Burkhart Kroeber (* 1940), German translator and author
- Burkard Krug (1930-2006), German Protestant theologian
- Burkard Freiherr von Müllenheim-Rechberg (1910–2003), German diplomat and author
- Burkhard Pieske (* 1944), German adventurer
- Burkard Porzelt (* 1962), German theologian and university professor
- Burkhard Schacht , German soccer coach
- Burkhard Schmeer (* 1964), German actor
- Burghart Schmidt (* 1942), German philosopher
- Burkhard Schröder (* 1952), German journalist
- Burkhard Schröder (* 1957), German basketball player
- Burkhard Schwuchow (* 1966), German politician (CDU), Mayor of Büren (Westphalia)
- Burkhardt Seiler (* 1953), German label owner, concert promoter and publisher
- Burkhard Spinnen (* 1956), German writer
- Burkhard Sude (* 1957), German volleyball player
- Burkard Waldis (1490–1556), German fabulous poet, playwright and Mardi Gras author
- Burkard Zamels (1690–1757), German sculptor
- Burkard Zapff (* 1960), Roman Catholic theologian and Old Testament scholar