Burns (surname)

Burns is a surname of several different origins: English, Scottish and Irish. The name can also be an Americanization of a Jewish surname. 1.	Scottish and northern English origin. The name is a topographical name for someone who lived near a stream. The name Burns is derived from the Middle English burn. 2.	Scottish origin. The name is a variant of the surname Burhhouse. 3.	Irish. The name is an Anglicization of the Gaelic Ó Broin. (Byrne). 4.	Jewish. The name is an Americanization and short form of the surname Bernstein. --Oeburns 00:31, 6 June 2009 (UTC) Edd Burns