57%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage German (Rare), Germanic [1] Pronounced Pron. /ˈbʊʁk.haʁt/(German) [key·simplify] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Burkhard. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsburg + hartVariantsBurkhard, Burchard(German) Burchard, Burkhard(Germanic) Other Languages & CulturesBurgheard(Anglo-Saxon) Birk(Danish) Birk(Norwegian) Categories brave, defence, protection, rare German Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 348.