Given name & surname
Goldberg
“gold”·“mountain”
Goldberg is a surname from German. It is used in English and German.
Original GermanGold
Meaning & origin
What it means
Goldberg is built from elements meaning “gold” and “mountain”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Goldberg as a surname developed from Gold.
Goldberg’s family of names
In English usage, Goldberg as a surname developed from the German form Gold. In English usage, Goldberg as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Голдберг. In English usage, Goldberg as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Yiddish form גאָלדבערג.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Goldberg has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Goldberg comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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