Submitted Surnames with "birch" in Meaning

Arukask Estonian
Arukask is an Estonian surname meaning "silver birch" (Betula pendula).

Bark Swedish
Perhaps derived from a place name containing either Old Swedish *barke "throat", Old Swedish biork "birch tree" or Swedish bark "bark (covering of the trunk of a tree)"

Bassford English
Habitational name from any of several places called Basford, especially the one in Nottinghamshire. There are others in Staffordshire and Cheshire. Either that or it's from Old English berc "birch tree" + Old English ford "ford".

Bereza Ukrainian
Means "birch tree" in Ukrainian.

Bergholtz Swedish, German (Rare)
Possibly a variant of German Bergholz which is either a derivative of Berchtold or from a topographic name meaning "birch wood"... [more]

Berkeley English
From any of the locations called Berkeley derived the elements beorc "birch" and leah "clearing, wood" meaning "birch clearing"... [more]

Berkhout Dutch
Habitational name derived from Dutch berk "birch (tree)" and hout "wood, forest".

Bessette French (Quebec), French (Acadian), French
Bessette appears to be a French Canadian surname of multiple origins.... [more]

Birch English, German, Danish, Swedish (Rare)
From Middle High German birche, Old English birce, Old Danish birk, all meaning "birch". This was likely a topographic name for someone living by a birch tree or a birch forest... [more]

Birchall English
Probably a habitational name from Birchill in Derbyshire or Birchills in Staffordshire, both named in Old English with birce "birch" + hyll "hill".

Bircher German (Swiss)
South German and Swiss German topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from Middle High German birche "birch" + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.

Birke Low German, Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Birk. Perhaps a shortened form of any of various Danish and Norwegian surnames beginning with Birke-, for example Birkeland and Birkelund ("birch grove").

Birkeland Norwegian
Derived from Old Norse birki "birch" and land "farm, land". This was the name of several farms in Norway.

Bjørklund Norwegian
From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".

Björkqvist Swedish
Combination of Swedish björk "birch tree" and qvist, an obsolete spelling of kvist, "twig".

Breitzmann German
Eastern German topographic name for someone who lived by a birch wood, ultimately derived from the Slavic stem bres "birch".

Brzeziński Polish
Derived from any of the various places named with Polish brzezina "birch forest".

Brzozowski m Polish
Habitational name for someone from a place named Brzozowa, Brzozowice, or Brzozowo, all derived from Polish brzoza, meaning "birch tree".

Burchell English
An English surname derived from the village of Birkehill (also known as Biekel or Birtle). It means "birch hill".

Chishiya Japanese
From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 地 (chi) meaning "earth, land", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, intellect" 散 (chi) meaning "scatter", 梓 (shi) meaning "Japanese cherry birch", 塩 (shio) meaning "salt", 沙 (shi) meaning "sand", 司 (shi) meaning "to take charge of; to control; to manage", 史 (shi) meaning "history", 四 (shi) meaning "four", 士 (shi) meaning "samurai, warrior", 子 (shi) meaning "child", 市 (shi) meaning "market", 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition", 氏 (shi) meaning "a family; a clan", 糸 (shi) meaning "thread", 紙 (shi) meaning "paper", 紫 (shi) meaning "purple; violet", 至 (shi) meaning "to reach; to arrive", 詩 (shi) meaning "poetry, poem", 資 (shi) meaning "money; fund; wealth; capital", 汐 (shi) meaning "evening tide; night tides; ebb", 心 (shi) meaning "heart, mind, soul" or 清 (shi) meaning "clear; limpid", and 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation... [more]

Kaasik Estonian
Kaasik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch".

Kaba Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree".

Kabashima Japanese
From Japanese 樺 (kaba) meaning "birch tree" and 島 (shima) meaning "island".

Kabayama Japanese (Rare)
Kaba (樺) means "birch", yama (山) means "mountain"

Kanba Japanese
From 樺 (kanba) meaning "birch".

Kasekivi Estonian
Kasekivi is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stone".

Kaselaid Estonian
Kaselaid is an Estonian surname meaning "birch islet".

Kasemaa Estonian
Kasemaa is an Estonian surname meaning "birch land".

Kasemets Estonian
Kasemets is an Estonian surname meaning "birch forest".

Kasenurm Estonian
Kasenurm is an Estonian surname meaning "birch meadow".

Kaseorg Estonian
Kaseorg is an Estonian surname meaning "birch valley".

Kasepõld Estonian
Kasepõld is an Estonian surname meaning "birch field".

Kasepuu Estonian
Kasepuu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch tree".

Kasesalu Estonian
Kasesalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Kasetalu Estonian
Kasetalu is an Estonian surname meaning "birch farmstead".

Kõiv Estonian
Means "birch (tree)" in Estonian and Võro, a dialect native to southeastern Estonia.

Kõivastik Estonian
Kõivastik is an Estonian surname meaning "birch stand/forest". "Kõiv" comes from the Võro dialect.

Kõivisto Estonian
Kõivisto is an Estonian surname meaning "birch grove".

Koivu Finnish
Means "birch" in Finnish.

Koivula Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -la signifying a place.

Koivunen Finnish
From Finnish koivu meaning "birch" and the suffix -nen.

Koivupuisto Finnish
From the name of a park in Vaasa, meaning "birch park".

Noorkõiv Estonian
Noorkõiv is an Estonian surname meaning "young (noor) birch (kõiv in Võro dialect)".

Ritvanen Finnish
From Finnish ritva meaning "birch branch".

Sookask Estonian
Sookask is an Estonian surname meaning "dwarf birch" (literally, "swamp/marsh birch").

Suurkask Estonian
Suurkask is an Estonian surname meaning "large/big birch".

Urkiaga Basque
From the name of the northernmost hill and mountain pass in Navarre, derived from Basque urki "birch tree" and -aga "place of, group of".

Van Berkel Dutch
Means "from Berkel", the name of several villages derived from berk "birch tree" and lo "forest clearing".