Family name origins & meanings
- German : habitational name from any of several places, especially in eastern Germany and Bavaria, named from Old High German falk ‘falcon’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’; such place names are often associated with the presence of a castle, as falconry was a privilege of the nobility.
- Scandinavian : habitational name or ornamental name from falk ‘falcon’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name composed of the German elements Falke(n) ‘falcon’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
