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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German and Norwegian : variant spelling of Helberg.
  • Swedish : ornamental name from häll ‘stone’, ‘rock’ + berg ‘mountain’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German hell ‘light’, ‘bright’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

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