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The bergin Surname

bergin Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beirgin or Ó Meirgin, an altered form of Ó hAimheirgin ‘descendant of Aimheirgin’, a personal name of early Irish mythology and historical tales, perhaps composed of the elements amhra ‘wonderful’ + gin ‘birth’.
  2. Swedish: variant of Berg, with the addition of -in, a common suffix of Swedish family names.

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Distribution of bergin Families in the US in 1920
Number of bergin families
 55-108
 19-54
 1-18
 0
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