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ArchivesRe: The origin of scandinavian surnames BERGO or BERGOO
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
"Mountain-island" is the literal meaning of this name. It is a surname of the type I call "synthetic." Hanks and Hodges, in their Dictionary of Surnames call them "ornamental names." An explanation can be found below in the discussion of the name Lofgren.
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