Belke
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Frequency: (191)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: possibly a habitational name for someone from Belkau in eastern Germany (near Stendal).
2. North German: from Middle Low German belke ‘beam’, ‘rafter’, hence a nickname for an exceptionally tall person.
3. Altered spelling of German Boehlke, Bölke.
GIVEN NAMES: German 7%. Erna, Hans, Helmut, Kurt.
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Mentioned in
...And No One Else Wanted to Play
(1984 Album by SNFU)
Let's Get It Right the First Time
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