Given name & surname
Berger
“a shepherd”
Berger is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “a shepherd.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “a shepherd.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 54
- 54 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 9 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 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1914. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 41,655 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.
Berger’s family of names
Berger has a related form in Bergar. Berger has a related form in Bergeran. Berger has a related form in Bergeren.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Berger has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
14 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ShepherdEnglish
- ShephardEnglish
- PastorSpanish
- Bergershas masculine form
- BačaCzech
- ПастухRussian
- BaciuRomanian
- SchäferGerman
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