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Re: surname BERGROTH

by Andy ;—) (guest)

10/22/2005, 6:25 AM

Sounds like a place-name to me: BERG (mountain) + ROTH (cleared woodland). So the surname would have referred to a dweller by a cleared woodland at a mountainside or something similar. ROTH may also mean "red" and be connected with a river or a rock or a castle (like in Rothenburg). And as BERG und BURG are related, there may be some confusion.

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- ceebee +4

10/25/2005, 6:02 AM

Thanks Andy Re:Surname Bergroth.That is great information you have provided.Would you or anyone else know the origin of BERGROTH?German,Scandinavian?

- Ylva +2

10/25/2005, 5:55 PM

It could be Swedish too

Berg (mountain) is very popular in names here. "roth" could be the same as Swedish "rot" (root).

There are many Swedish Berg-names: Berggren, Bergkvist, Bergman, Bergstrand, Bergström, Bergvall etc. But I don't know any Bergroth, so it could be German.

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- ceebee +1

10/26/2005, 6:23 AM

Thanks Andy and Ylva,
All the information regarding the surname is very helpful indeed.

- chibs (guest)

1/3/2006, 11:28 PM

If it IS Swedish, it's also possible that the meaning comes from berg = mountain and rot = root (pronounced the same, too). So it would in that case mean something like "(At/From the) Foot/Base of the Mountain"

- Andy ;—) (guest)

10/25/2005, 7:31 AM

Looks very German to me

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