Family name origins & meanings
- Partial translation of Swedish Sjöberg, an ornamental name composed of the elements sjö ‘sea’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
- English : from a Middle English form of an Old English feminine personal name, Sǣburh, composed of the elements sǣ ‘sea’ + burh ‘fortified place’.
- Possibly also English : habitational name from Seaborough in Dorset (from Old English seofon ‘seven’ + beorg ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’) or possibly from Seaborough Hall in Essex.