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Name Amberg
Type Surname (from location)
Usage German, Jewish
Other Forms FormsHamburger, Hamberger, Hamberg
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

German and possibly Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several settlements called Amberg (literally ‘by the mountain’), including a city in Bavaria. It could also be a topographic name of identical etymology.
Alternatively, possibly a Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from the city of Hamburg (see HAMBURGER). Many varieties of Yiddish lack h and -burg is sometimes replaced by -berg in Jewish family names.
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