Given name & surname

Berland

“bear”

Berland is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a French surname, Berland goes back to a word meaning “bear.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Berland has more than one origin: as a French surname, it comes from Germanic; as a Norwegian surname, it comes from Old Norse bjarg; as a Jewish surname, it comes from Yiddish בריליאַנט.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Berland’s family of names

In English usage, Berland as a surname shares a linguistic root with the French form BRILLANT. In English usage, Berland as a surname has a related form in BRILLANT.

Walk Berland’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

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

Similar names

If you love Berland, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Germanic

Berhthold

“bright” · “might”

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>99% boys

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Berhtræd

“bright” · “advice, counsel”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Berhtmunt

“bright” · “protector”

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>99% boys

Germanic

Bealdræd

“bold” · “advice, counsel”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Beeston

“rush”

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Germanic

Bero

Bero is a surname, possibly from German, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in English and Slovak.

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>99% boys

Germanic

Berhtgoz

“bright” · “Geat”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Germanic

Bertmar

“bright, shining” · “great, famous”

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Berland’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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