# Burkhard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/burkhard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Burkhard

- Burkhard I, Count of Zollern, first documented member of the Hohenzollern dynasty
- Burkhard Driest, German actor (1939-2020)
- Burkhard Reich, German footballer
- Burkhard Weisbriach, Austrian cardinal
- Burkhard Cordes, Brazilian sailor
- Burkhard Malich, chess player
- Burkhard Ziese, German football manager (1944-2010)
- Burkhard Ebert, German cyclist (1942–2025)
- Burkhard Tesdorpf, German equestrian
- Burkhard Pape, German football manager (born 1932)
- Bouchard IV of Avesnes, French nobleman (1182-1244)
- Burchard Mauchart, German anatomist and surgeon

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.