English and Scottish: from the Old English personal name
Byrht, a byform of Be(o)rht ‘bright’. Compare
Bert.German: Middle High German burt ‘that
which is due or proper’, therefore a nickname for someone who has
fulfilled his obligations properly.Jewish (from Poland and
Ukraine): variant of Burd.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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