Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Meaning & History Means "dweller at the fortified town" from Middle English at and burh "fortified place". Related NamesDetails RootburgVariantsArterberry, Arterbury, Atterberry, Auteberry, Berry, Bourke, Burke, Burroughs, Burrows, BurgessOther Languages & CulturesBourgeois(French) Burke(Irish) Borghi(Italian) Borg(Swedish) Categories defence, structures