When Léa Maria Burke Galrão was born on 8 March 1935, in Ubaíra, Bahia, Brazil, her father, Walter Perceval Burke, was 34 and her mother, Carmezinda Ferrari, was 35. She died on 10 February 1988, at the age of 52, and was buried in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
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