Family name origins & meanings
- German : habitational name from any of many places named with Middle Low German or Middle High German ōster ‘eastern’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’. Places so named are common in Bavaria, Westphalia, and Lower Saxony.
- Swedish (Österberg), Norwegian (Østerberg) : ornamental or topographic name from öster ‘eastern’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.