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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from a place in southwestern Germany called Adelberg, named with Middle High German adel ‘noble’ + berg ‘mountain’.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of German adel ‘noble’ + Berg ‘mountain’.

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