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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from a farmstead named Kjellberg, from Old Norse kelda ‘spring’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’.
  • Swedish : ornamental name composed of the elements källa ‘spring’ + berg ‘hill’, ‘mountain’ (see Kall).

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