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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of Swedish Ungberg, an ornamental name composed of the elements ung ‘young’ + berg ‘mountain’.
  • Americanized form of Swedish Ljungberg, a compound of ljung ‘heather’ + berg ‘mountain’.
  • Americanized form of Ashkenazic Jewish Jungberg, an ornamental name composed of German jung ‘young’ + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.

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