Berkes Family History
Berkes Name Meaning
North German: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill shortened from Berg-hūs (Berg ‘mountain hill’ + Low German hūs ‘house’). It is a variant of Berkus or Berges . Hungarian: from a pet form of the personal names Bernát or Bertalan Hungarian forms of Bernard and Bartholomew respectively. English: variant of Birks .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022