Burnie
BUR-nee
Letters
6
Syllables
2
Origin
Germanic
Total Births
938
Peak Year
#29 in 1918
First Recorded
1888
Style
Vintage, Cute & Playful
Spelling
Easy to spell
What It Means
A diminutive form of Bernard or Burnell. Bernard means 'brave as a bear' from Germanic elements. Burnell means 'brown one' from Old French.
Numerology
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