Bergen Family History
Bergen Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various places called Bergen. Dutch and Flemish: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill (see Berg ) or a habitational name from any of various places so named (see Van Bergen ). Swedish (mainly Bergén): ornamental or habitational name formed with the (placename) element berg ‘mountain hill’ + the adjectival suffix -en/-én a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022