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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Fortress, bright flame

First name variations: Bert, Berton, Burt

Last name origin & meaning:

English: habitational name from a place name that is very common in central and northern England. The derivation in most cases is from Old English burh ‘fort’ (see Burke) + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.

Famous people with this last name: Tim Burton