Last name origins & meanings:
- Scandinavian: ornamental spelling of Berg.
- Dutch: in some cases, possibly a shortening of van den
Bergh, a topographic name denoting someone living on a hill (see
Vandenbergh).
- Dutch: possibly also from Middle Dutch
barg, berg ‘castrated pig’, either as an occupational
name for a pig farmer or possibly as a nickname.
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