Given name & surname
Bergan
Bergan is a variant of Bergen. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who lives on the mountain; one who lives on the hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bergan is a variant of Bergen. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who lives on the mountain; one who lives on the hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Bergan is a variant of Bergen. An origin associated with Bergen is Scandinavian.
Explained through its name family
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
Bergan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 0 boys · 63 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,306 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,306 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 143 as a first name in 2020; 1,741 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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