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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from farmsteads in Trøndelag named Sǫðulberg in Old Norse, from sǫðul ‘saddle’ + berg ‘mountain’, with reference to the shape of the mountains.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of a short form of the personal name Salomon (see Solomon) + German Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

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