Berge Family History
Berge Name Meaning
Norwegian and Swedish: variant of Berg from the dative form. As a Norwegian surname this is a habitational name from any of numerous farms so named all over the country. German: topographic name for a person by or on a hill from an extended form of Berg (formerly with a preposition with dative case e.g. am Berge). French: topographic name for someone who lived on a steep river bank from Old French berge ‘river bank’. Compare Laberge . French (Bergé): variant of Berger either French meaning ‘shepherd’ or German. Compare Barga . French: variant of Barge ‘boat barge’. English: variant of Bergh .7: English: metathesized form of Bridge . The -e- represents the southeastern vowel development in Middle English of Old English /y/ in brycg ‘bridge’ (compare Burge ). Compare also Birge .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022