Burke
Common Irish surname
Burke is a surname of Norman origin, notably borne by the 18th-century statesman and philosopher Edmund Burke, whose writings on conservatism and the French Revolution remain influential.
The name appears across Irish, English, and American families: Burke was a fierce critic of revolutionary excess. (Lowercase burke means to suppress or hush up.)
surname
Of the Emerald Isle
- statesmanRespected political leader
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
- statesmanRespected political leader
- philosopherStudent of fundamental questions
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- Irish SurnamesO'Brien, Murphy, Kelly, O'Neill, O'Connor
- Admiralsadmiral, Nelson, Nimitz, Halsey, Dewey
- 18th Century WritersVoltaire, Defoe, Swift, Richardson, Goldsmith
- Alien Franchisexenomorph, Ellen Ripley, Ripley, Newt, Hicks
- conservatismconservative, traditionalism, fiscal conservative, small government, free enterprise
- enlightenmentVoltaire, Rousseau, Locke, Kant, Montesquieu
POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Edmund Burke)
BurkePaine
Anglo surname, political associations
Thomas Paine · Rousseau · Robespierre · Godwin · radical
- Burke and HareVictorian-era serial killers