Gilberg Family History
Gilberg Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant of Hilberg . The initial g is due to Russian influence since Russian has no h and alters it to g in borrowed words and names. Norwegian: habitational name from the name of several farms from Old Norse gildra ‘trap’ + berg ‘mountain hill’ i.e. a mountain with an animal trap. Swedish: variant of Gillberg probably a habitational name from the placename Gillberga or an ornamental name from any other placename beginning with Gill- + the ornamental element berg ‘mountain hill’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022