Burns (surname)
Surname
The surname Burns has several origins. In some cases, it derived from the Middle English or Scots burn , and originated as a topographic name for an individual who lived by a stream. In other cases the surname is a variant form of the surname Burnhouse burn and house .[ 1] Burns originated as a nickname meaning "burn house".[ 2] Burns is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Broin [ 1] Bran ".[ 3] Burns is an Americanized form of the Jewish surname Bernstein [ 1] German bernstein ("amber ").[ 4]
An early form of the surname when derived from the place name Burnhouse is "Burnis ", recorded in 1526. An early form of the surname when derived from a nickname meaning "burn house" is "Brenhus ", recorded in 1286 and 1275.[ 5]
List of notable persons with the surname Burns
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Aaron Burns (born 1985), American film producer and actorAdrian Burns (born 1971), Australian rules footballerAgnes Burns (1762–1834), Scottish social figureA. K. Burns (born 1975), American artistAlan Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlbert Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlayna Burns (born 1980), Australian cyclistAlec Burns (1907–2003), English track and field athleteAlec Burns (cricketer) (born 1948), Trinidadian cricketerAlex Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAlistair Burns (born 1964), English curlerAllan Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAllen Burns (1870–1925), Australian rules footballerAndréa Burns (born 1971), American actress and singerAndrew Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAndy Burns (born 1990), American baseball playerAngela Burns , British politician and businesswomanAnna Burns (born 1962), Northern Irish authorAnne Burns (1915–2001), British engineer and pilotAnne Burns (linguist) , Welsh-Australian linguistAnthony Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleAntoine Burns (born 1979), American football playerArchibald Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleArchibaldo Burns (1914–2011), Mexican film director and writerArnold Burns (1930–2013), American lawyerArthur Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleArtie Burns (born 1995), American football player
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Barnabas Burns (1817–1883), American politician and soldierBarnet Burns (1805–1860), English sailorBarry Burns , Scottish musicianBart Burns (1918–2007), American actorBeatrice Burns (1906–1988), American political figureBen Burns (1913–2000), American publisherBenedict Delisle Burns (1915–2001), British neurophysiologistBerta Burns (1893–1972), New Zealand journalist and activistBeth Burns (born 1957), American basketball coachBeverly Burns (born 1949), American aviatorBill Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBilly Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBilly Joe Burns (born 1989), Northern Irish footballerBob Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBobby Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBraidon Burns (born 1996), Australian rugby league footballerBreehn Burns , American screenwriterBrenda Burns (born 1950), American politicianBrendon Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBrent Burns (born 1985), Canadian hockey playerBrian Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBritt Burns (born 1959), American baseball playerBrooke Burns (born 1978), American model and actorBruce Burns (born 1952), American politicianBryant Burns (1929–2007), Australian politicianBurnie Burns (born 1973), American writer and filmmakerBurton Burns (born 1952), American football coach
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Carol Burns (1947–2015), Australian actorCarol J. Burns , American chemistCarolyn Burns (born 1942), New Zealand ecologistCasey Burns (born 1975), American illustratorCatherine Burns (1945–2019), American actressCatherine Lloyd Burns (born 1961), American actress and writerC. B. Burns (1879–1968), American baseball playerC. Delisle Burns (1879–1942), English writerCha Burns (1957–2007), Scottish guitaristCharles Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChris Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleChristian Burns (born 1974), British musicianChristian Burns (basketball) (born 1985), Italian-American basketball playerChristine Burns (born 1954), British political activistClarence H. Burns (1918–2003), American politicianClinton Sumner Burns (1871–1924), American civil engineerColin Burns (born 1982), American soccer playerConrad Burns (1935–2016), American politicianCory Burns (born 1987), American baseball playerCreighton Burns (1925–2008), Australian journalistCurry Burns (born 1981), American football player
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Dan Burns (born 1988), American lacrosse playerDarin Burns (born 1964), Canadian football playerDarren Burns (rugby league) (born 1974), Australian rugby league footballerDave Burns (football manager) , Dutch-British football coachDave Burns (sportscaster) (born 1963), American sportscasterDavid Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDawson Burns (1828–1909), English ministerDeChon Burns (born 1970), American football coachDeclan Burns (born 1956), Irish canoeistDenis Burns (born 1952), Irish hurling managerDennis Burns (1898–1968), American baseball playerDeondre Burns (born 1997), American basketball playerDeWayne Burns (born 1972), American politicianDiann Burns (born 1958), American news anchorDick Burns (1863–1937), American baseball playerD. J. Burns (born 2000), American basketball playerDominic Burns (born 1983), English film directorDonald Burns (1921–1987), New Zealand cricket umpireDonnie Burns (born 1959), British dancerDraelon Burns (born 1985), American basketball playerDuncan Burns , British wrestler
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Éamonn Burns (born 1972), Irish Gaelic footballerÉamonn Burns (Down Gaelic footballer) (1963–2019), Irish Gaelic footballer and managerEd Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEddie Burns (1916–2004), Australian rugby league footballerEdmund Burns (1892–1980), American actorEdward Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEileen Burns (born 1989), Irish cyclistEleanor Burns (born 1945), American quilterElinor Burns (1887–1978), British suffragistElizabeth Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleEllen Bree Burns (1923–2019), American judgeE. L. M. Burns (1897–1985), Canadian Army officer and diplomatEmelia Burns (born 1982), Australian actressEmile Burns (1889–1972), British author and economistEmmett C. Burns Jr. (1940-2022), American politicianEric Burns (born 1945), American media criticErin Burns (born 1988), Australian cricketerEugene Burns (??–1958), American war correspondentEveline M. Burns (1900–1985), British-American economistEvers Burns (born 1971), American basketball player
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Farmer Burns (baseball) (1876–??), American baseball playerF. C. Burns (1890–1915), American football player and businessmanFindley Burns Jr. (1917–2003), American ambassadorFrances E. Burns (1866-1937), American social leader and business executiveFrancis Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleFrank Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleFrankie Burns (1889–1961), American boxerFred Burns (tennis) (1889–1971), American tennis playerFred Burns (actor) (1878–1955), American actorFreddie Burns (born 1990), English rugby union footballerFrederick William Burns (1860–1923), American sports announcer
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Gene Burns (1940–2013), American radio hostGeorge Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGerald Burns (1940–1997), American poetGerard M. Burns (born 1961), Scottish painterGilbert Burns (born 1986), Brazilian mixed martial artistGilbert Burns (farmer) (1760–1827), Scottish farmerGill Burns (born 1964), English rugby union footballerGlenn Burns (born 1952), American meteorologistGordon Burns (born 1942), Northern Irish broadcasterGordon Burns (footballer) (born 1978), Scottish footballerGraeme Burns (born 1971), Scottish rugby union footballer and coachGraham Burns (born 1966), British canoeistGreg Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGregory Burns (born 1957), American athlete
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Jabez Burns (1805–1876), English philosopherJack Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJackie Burns (born 1980), American actressJackson Burns (1956–2016), American stunt performerJacob Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJacqueline Burns (born 1997), Northern Irish footballerJaira Burns (born 1997), American singer-songwriterJake Burns (born 1958), Irish musicianJake Burns (rugby union) (born 1941), New Zealand rugby union footballerJames Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJarlath Burns (born 1968), Irish Gaelic footballerJason Burns (American football) (born 1972), American football playerJean Burns (1919–2019), Australian aviatorJennifer Burns , American politicianJerry Burns (1927–2021), American football player and coachJessie Burns , Canadian musicianJ. Frederick Burns , American politicianJ. H. Burns (1921–2012), Scottish historianJim Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJ. Irving Burns (1843–1925), American lawyer and politicianJock Burns (1894–1963), Scottish footballerJoel Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJohn Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJon G. Burns (born 1952), American politicianJordan Burns (born 1997), American basketball playerJordyn Burns (born 1992), American ice hockey playerJoseph Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleJosh Burns (born 1978), American mixed martial artistJosh Burns (politician) (born 1987), Australian politicianJoy S. Burns , American corporate executiveJ. Stewart Burns (born 1969), American television writer
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Karen Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKarl Burns (born 1958), British musicianKarla Burns (1954–2021), American sopranoKat Burns , Canadian musicianKay Burns , Canadian artistKeith Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKennedy Francis Burns (1842–1895), Canadian businessman and politicianKenneth Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKevin Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleKida Burns (born 2002), American hip-hop dancerKieran Burns (born 1992), Scottish footballerKillian Burns (born 1975), Irish Gaelic footballerKit Burns (1831–1870), American sportsmanKodi Burns (born 1988), American football coachKrysta Burns (born 1996), Canadian curler
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Lamont Burns (born 1974), American former footballerLarry Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLaura Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLauren Burns (born 1974), Australian taekwondo practitionerLauri Burns , American writer and philanthropistLawton Burns (born 1951), American business theoristLenny Burns , British singerLeon Burns (1942–1984), American professional footballerLeopoldina Burns (1855–1942), American missionaryLes Burns (1920–2015), Australian rules footballerLiam Burns (born 1978), Northern Irish footballerLiam Burns (NUS president) (born 1984), British union leaderLilly Burns , American television producerLindsay Burns (born 1965), American rowerLindy Burns , Australian radio presenterLizzie Burns (1827–1878), Irish political figureLloyd Burns (born 1984), Welsh rugby union footballerLoree Griffin Burns , American authorLouis Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleLouisa Burns (1869–1958), American physicianLouise Burns (born 1985), Canadian singer-songwriterLucy Burns (1879–1966), American suffragistLuke F. Burns (1881–1956), American lawyer and politician
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Malcolm Burns (1910–1986), New Zealand agriculturalistM. Anthony Burns (born 1942), American businessmanMarc Burns (born 1983), Trinidadian athleteMargaret Burns (1769–1792), Scottish prostituteMarge Burns (1925–2009), American professional golferMargo Burns , American historianMarilyn Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMarion Burns (1907–1993), American actressMarjorie Burns (born 1940), English literary scholarMark Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMarsha Burns (born 1945), American photographerMartha Burns (born 1957), Canadian actressMartin Burns (1861–1937), American wrestlerMarvin Burns (1928–1990), American water polo playerMary Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMatthew James Burns (born 1985), Scottish record producerMax Burns (born 1948), American politicianMegan Burns (born 1986), English musician and actorMichael Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleM. Michele Burns (born 1958), American businesswomanMorgan Burns (born 1993), American football playerM. W. Burns (born 1958), American sound artist
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Ralph Burns (1922–2001), American pianistRandal Burns , American computer scientistRandy Burns (born 1948), American singer-songwriterRaymond Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRebecca Burns , American journalistRed Burns (1925–2013), Canadian-American academicRegan Burns (born 1968), American actorRex Burns (born 1935), American authorRic Burns (born 1955), American documentary filmmaker and writerRick Burns , Canadian politicianRichard Burns (1971–2005), English rally driverRicky Burns (born 1983), Scottish boxerR. Nicholas Burns (born 1956), American politicianRob Burns (born 1953), New Zealand bass playerRobert Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRonald Burns (athlete) (1903–1985), Indian sprinterRonnie Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRory Burns (born 1990), English cricketerRoy Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleRyan Burns (born 1992), Northern Irish footballer
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Sam Burns (born 1996), American golferSamuel Burns (born 1982), American rowerSarah Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleScott Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSean Burns (footballer) (born 1991), Scottish footballerShernyl Burns (born 1991), West Indian cricketerSheryl Burns , New Zealand netball playerSilas Reese Burns (1855–1940), American architectSíle Burns (born 1985), Irish camogie playerSimon Burns (born 1952), British politicianStephan W. Burns (1954–1990), American actorStephanie Burns (born 1955), American chemistStephen Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleSteve Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleStewart Burns (born 1899), Scottish golferSylvia Burns (born 1955), South African lawn bowler
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Tanner Burns (born 1998), American baseball playerTara Burns (fl. 1990s–2020s), Irish judgeTed Burns (1889–1972), Australian rules footballerTerry Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleThea Burns , American art conservatorTheobald M. Burns (1862–1926), Canadian merchant and politicianThomas Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTim Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTito Burns (1921–2010), British musicianTodd Burns (born 1963), American baseball playerTommy Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTony Burns (born 1944), English footballerTosher Burns (1902–1984), Irish footballerT. P. Burns (1924–2018), Irish jockeyTravis Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleTrevor Burns (born 2001), American soccer player
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Waller Thomas Burns (1858–1917), American judgeWalter Noble Burns (1866–1932), American authorWes Burns (born 1994), Welsh footballerW. Haydon Burns (1912–1987), American politicianW. Haywood Burns (1940–1996), American lawyer and activistWilfred Burns (born 1990), British composerWilfred Burns (town planner) (1923–1984), British town plannerWilliam Burns (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWillie Burns (1916–1966), American baseball playerWillis B. Burns (1851–1915), American businessman and politician
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Fictional characters
See also
References
^ a b c Oxford Dictionary of Family Names: Burns Answers.com , retrieved 28 January 2013 Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press, 2006^ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press , pp. 63, 75, ISBN 0-19-863146-4 ^ Oxford Dictionary of Family Names: Byrne Answers.com , retrieved 28 January 2013 Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press, 2006^ Oxford Dictionary of Family Names: Bernstein Answers.com , retrieved 28 January 2013 Dictionary of American Family Names , Oxford University Press, 2006^ Reaney, Percy Hilde (1995), Wilson, Richard Middlewood (ed.), A Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd ed.), Oxford University Press , p. 75, ISBN 0-19-863146-4
