The berger Surname
berger Name Meaning and History
- German, Dutch, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in the mountains or hills (see Berg). As a Jewish name it is mainly ornamental. It is found as a surname throughout central and eastern Europe, either as a surname of German origin or as a German translation of a topographic name with similar meaning, for example Slovenian Gricar, Hribar, Gorjan or Gorjanc.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of various farms so named with the plural of Berg ‘mountain’.
- French: occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex ‘ram’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| BERGER family of Rawa Ruska, Poland | Caroline Stanley | 4 |
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| BERGER Theresa 1863-1935 |
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| BERGER Mary Katherine Kathey 1947-1965 |
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