Burgar Name

The name Burgar has both Norse and Pictish/Caledonian origins. In fact a DNA study conducted on the Shetland Islands found two unrelated families with the name Burgar, one Norse, the other Pictish/Caledonian. There are variations in spelling such as Burger and Burgher. The word burg/burgh and other variations refers to a fort or castle. Hence this word is common throughout northern Scotland and other regions occupied by Norse or Germanic peoples. The word ar/er/ir seems to have a prepositional role in Norse, meaning near/next to/by/of, in various etymological accounts. In Gaelic, the same word refers to the "man of the plough" and dates back to ancient middle eastern languages through the Gauls, Alans and other tribes, with modern expression in names such as Iran and Ireland. There are many different views and ideas on this etymology.