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Name Element BERG

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Type Word
Usage Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse

Meaning & History

Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

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Other Languages & Culturesbeorg(Anglo-Saxon) bairgo(Gothic) bergaz(Old Germanic)
Surname DescendantsBerg, Stenberg(Danish) Assenberg, Berg, Berger, Langenberg, Van den Berg, Van der Berg, Westenberg(Dutch) Berg, Berge, Berger, Bergmann, Freudenberger, Greenberg, Grünberg, Gutenberg, Guttenberg, Hochberg, Langenberg, Rosenberg, Rosenberger, Rothenberg, Schwarzenberg(German) Freudenberger, Greenberg, Grünberg, Gutenberg, Guttenberg, Hochberg, Lichtenberg, Rosenberg, Rosenberger, Rothenberg, Sandberg, Scheinberg, Sternberg(Jewish) Berg, Berge, Nordberg, Østberg, Sandberg, Solberg, Stenberg(Norwegian) Åberg, Ahlberg, Berg, Berge, Bergfalk, Berggren, Berglund, Bergman, Bergqvist, Bergström, Dahlberg, Engberg, Forsberg, Holmberg, Lindberg, Lundberg, Norberg, Nordberg, Nyberg, Öberg, Östberg, Rosenberg, Sandberg, Sjöberg, Söderberg, Solberg, Stenberg, Strömberg, Sundberg, Westerberg(Swedish)
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Entry added December 7, 2022

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