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Van den Berg

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Van den Berg is a Dutch-language topographic surname meaning "of/from the mountain/slope". With 58,562 people carrying the name, it was the fourth most common surname in The Netherlands in 2007.[1] Variants are Van de Berg, Van der Berg, Van den Berge. Van den Bergh, Van den Berghe and Van den Berghen. Anglicised forms are generally agglutinated and variably capitalized, e.g. "Vandenberg". The abbreviated form is "v.d. Berg" (i.e. Rudolf v.d. Berg). People with the surname include:

Van den Berg

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Van de Berg

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Van der Berg

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Van den Berge

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Other uses

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See also

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  • Van den Heuvel, similar Dutch surname meaning "of/from the hill"
  • Van der Burg, Dutch surname sounding similar in English pronunciation, meaning "from the fortress"

References

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  1. ^ Berg, van de / den / der at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.