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Kirk
Say it: KURK
Meaning
From a Scottish and northern English surname, from Old Norse kirkja 'church'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s, partly after Kirk Douglas.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 67,996 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1962, about 1 in 810 boys
- 66 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Kirke
Famous bearers
- Kirk Douglas, American actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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