Berke (Name)
Berke is a Turkish male and female first name and a Mongolian first name meaning " difficult". A derived form of the name in Mongolian is Berkehan (Eng. " difficult ruler ").
In addition, Berke also occurs as a surname.
Bearers of the name
First name
- Berke Khan (after 1205-1267 ), Mongol ruler
- Berke Qan (1258-1280), Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt
Family name
- Dietrich Berke (1938-2010), German musicologist
- Helmar Becker- Berke (1906-1980), German painter, draftsman, printmaker and illustrator
- Hubert Berke (1908-1979), German painter and graphic artist
- Paul Berke -Müller (1928-1984), head of the state criminal police Lower Saxony
- Stephen Berke (* 1957), German archaeologist
- Wolfgang Berke (* 1954), German journalist and author