Last name origins & meanings:
- Ukrainian, Belorussian, Polish, and Jewish (eastern
Ashkenazic): from Slavic burak ‘beet’.
- Polish: nickname
from bury ‘dark brownish gray’, probably denoting hair or eye
color.
- Czech: nickname for someone with dark hair, dark
eyes, or a swarthy complexion, from Old Czech burý ‘dark’.
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