Given name & surname

Bergin

Bergin 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

Bergin 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

Bergin is a variant of Bergen. An origin associated with Bergen is Scandinavian.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

Probably from Irish Ó Beirgin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

Bergin through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1999
5 babies
2025
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Bergin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,755 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.

Bergin’s family of names

Bergin has a related form in Bergen.

Walk Bergin’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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