Släkthistoria för Firk
Firk Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English firkthe firke ferke ‘frith wood(land)’ a development of Old English firhþe (ge)fyrhþe ferhþe with medial -h- pronounced as /k/. Compare Firk Firth and Frick (2).alternatively it may be a variant of Frick (1) with metathesis of -r-. Compare the rare Modern English slang word firk ‘to move about briskly; to dance jig or be lively’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
