BERG

Name Element

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element and New name element

This name element is usually a place name element with rare exceptions (see combinations below). Personal names containing the suffix -berg or the prefix Berg- usually belong to the name element BORG

Old Norse

berg = 'rock', 'boulder'; 'cliff', 'precipice'
berg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'
bjarg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'

Gothic

baírgahi = 'mountains'

Old High German

berg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'

Old Frisian

berg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'

Old Saxon

berg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'

Old English

beorg = 'mountain', 'rock', 'highlands'

Combinations

Name Element	Example
Fri	see Friberg
GALM	see Bergelmir
HÁR	see Heiberg
HILD	see Hilberg
HLID	see Hlíðberg
KVIST	see Bergkvist
LUND	see Lundberg
NOR	see Norberg
SAND	see Sandberg

First Element Forms

Berg-

Last Element Forms

-berg