Burchard (name)

Last updated August 04, 2025

Burchard ( Bouchard , Burchardt , Burckhart , Burkhart , Burkard , Burkhard , Burkert , Borchardt , Burckhardt and variants, Old English Burgheard ) are both Germanic given names and surnames, from Burg "castle" and hart "hard". Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Burchard

Burchard of Würzburg, an 8th-century Anglo-Saxon missionary to the Frankish Empire
Burchard I, Duke of Swabia (c. 855/860–911)
Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (c. 883 –926)
Burchard III, Duke of Swabia (c. 915 –973)
Burchard, Duke of Thuringia (died 908)
Burchard of Worms (c. 950 –1025), theologian
Burchard (archbishop of Vienne) (died 1031)
Burchard (bishop of Aosta) (died 1068), also Archbishop of Lyon (1033–1034), under the name Burchard III
Burchard II, Bishop of Halberstadt, 11th-century German cleric and statesman
Burchard of Basle, 11th-century bishop of Basle
Burchard of Istria (died 1106/1107)
Burchard, Bishop of Utrecht, 11th/12th century
Burchard (fl. Tooltip floruit 1150–1195), second abbot of St. John's Abbey in the Thurtal, see Berchtold of Engelberg
Burchard of Mount Sion, 13th-century traveler to the Middle East

Burghard

Burghardt

Burghardt Wittig (born 1947), German chairman and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology

Burkhard

Burkhardt

Burkhart

Burkard

Borchard

Borchardt

Borchert

Bouchard

Bourquard

Burchard

Almut Burchard, German-Canadian mathematician
Burchard-Bélaváry family, an aristocratic family of Hungarian origin, originally called Both de Szikava et Bélavár
Brendon Burchard (born 1977), American author and motivational speaker
Ernst Burchard (1876–1920), German author and doctor
Charles Burchard (1810–1879), American politician from Wisconsin
Horatio C. Burchard (1825–1908), American politician from Illinois
Johann Burchard, 15th-century church figure
Johann Burchard Freystein (1671–1718), German lawyer and hymn writer
Johann Heinrich Burchard (1852–1912), Hamburg lawyer and politician
Oscar Burchard (1863–1949), German botanist, see List of Euphorbia species (G-O)
Peter Burchard, author
Petrea Burchard (born 1955), American actress
Samuel D. Burchard (minister), American Presbyterian church leader
Samuel D. Burchard (politician) (1836–1901), American politician from Wisconsin
Pablo Burchard (1879–1964), Chilean painter
Wolf Burchard (*1985), British-German art historian and museum curator

Burchardt

Burckhardt

Burgard

Burgert

Burghardt

Burkard

Burkart

Burkhard

Burkhardt

Burkhart

Burkert