Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Berge isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berge through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 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 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020; 3,174 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.
Berge’s family of names
Berge shares a linguistic root with Börje. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Berge has a related form in BYRGE. In German usage, Berge as a surname has a related form in BARGEN.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berge
- Berge ØstenstadNorwegian chess playerborn 1964
- Berge FurreNorwegian politician (1937-2016)
- Berge SetrakianLebanese-Armenian lawyerborn 1949
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Berge, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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Boyd
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>99% boys
Elwyn
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81% boys · 19% girls
Elson
“from the nobleman's town”
>99% boys
Elroy
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>99% boys
Merle
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