The bergholz Surname
bergholz Name Meaning and History
German: folk-etymological variant of the personal name Berchtold (see Berthold), probably via Bercholz, another variant; or from a respelling of the Low German topographic name Berkholt ‘birchwood’, from Middle Low German berk(e) ‘birch’ + holt (High German Holz) ‘wood’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Andreas Christoph Bergholz |
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| William Rudolph Otto Bergholz [1832-1901], Columbia, South Carolina and New Rochelle, New York | Kurt Culbertson | 0 |
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