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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi : Hindu (Kayasth) name of unknown meaning.
  • Hungarian : from a pet form of the personal name Bertalan (Hungarian form of Bartholomew) or Bernát (see Bernhard).
  • Basque : habitational name from Bera, a town in Navarre, Basque Country.
  • Catalan (Berà) : habitational name from Berà, a place in Tarragona, Catalonia.

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