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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : ornamental or topographic name from väst ‘west’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’. In some cases the name could be habitational, from a place so named.
  • North German : topographic name from Middle Low German west ‘west’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

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