Birt Family Crest & Name History

Genealogists group Birt with Burt. In origin, the name means “Bright”.

Spelling and variants

Birt writes “i” in place of the “u” found in Burt, a typical scribal difference. The same family of names includes Burtt.

Birt by the numbers

In the 2010 US Census, 2,577 Americans gave Birt as their last name (rank 12,095). Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Bart and Bert.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Birt, so the heraldry linked to Burt is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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