Beresford Name Meaning. English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English beofor 'beaver' (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford 'ford'.
Berg Name Meaning. German or Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill or mountain, from Middle High German berc. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe. Scandinavian: habitational name for someone who lived at a farmstead named with Old Norse bjarg 'mountain', 'hill'.
Berge Name Meaning. Norwegian and Swedish: variant of Berg, from the dative form. ... French: topographic name for someone who lived on a steep bank, from Old French berge 'bank' (apparently of Gaulish origin). French: hypercorrected spelling of Barge.
(also spelled Bergelmer), in Norse mythology, a wise giant who, with his wife was the only giant to survive after the gods killed their progenitor, Ymir. ... Bergelmir was born before the Earth was created, according to the 'Prose (or Younger) Edda'.
Bergen Name Meaning. Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, or a habitational name from any of various places named with this word. German: inflected variant of Berg (originally after a preposition, as in an or zu Bergen). Swedish: variant of Berg.
Berger Name Meaning. German, Dutch, Swedish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived in the mountains or hills (see Berg). ... French: occupational name for a shepherd, from Old French bergier (Late Latin berbicarius, from berbex 'ram').
The ancient German region of the Rhineland, gave birth to the family name of Berggren. ... They usually reflected the physical characteristics or attributes of the first person that used the name. The name was derived from the German word "burc," which means a "fortified town."
Bergh Name Meaning. Scandinavian: ornamental spelling of Berg. Dutch: in some cases, possibly a shortening of van den Bergh, a topographic name denoting someone living on a hill (see Vandenbergh).
Bergin Name Meaning. 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'.
Scandinavian Meaning: The name Bergren is a Scandinavian baby name. In Scandinavian the meaning of the name Bergren is: From the mountain branch.
