Given name & surname
Berg
“from the mountain”
Berg is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “from the mountain.”
Original GermanBerger
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “from the mountain.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berg through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 108 as a first name in 2020; 46,800 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Berg’s family of names
In German usage, Berg as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Berry. Berg has a related form in Bergh. Berg has a related form in Burg.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Berg has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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