Where Does the Bircher Surname Come From?

If your family name is Bircher, its origin lies with Birch, a long-established English surname. At root, the name means “Dweller at, or near, the birch tree or birch-tree grove”.

Spelling and variants

Bircher is built on the same root as Birch, with the ending -er. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Birchet.

In the records

The 2010 US Census counted 656 people named Bircher, ranking it number 34,495 among American surnames. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bercher.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Birch and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Get the complete Bircher report, with a museum-style coat of arms.