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Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Scripts טרכטנברג(Hebrew) טראַכֿטנבערג(Yiddish) Трахтенберг(Russian, Ukrainian)
Meaning & History
Could mean either mean "mountain of thoughts", from Yiddish trakhtn (טראַכטן) "to think" and berg "mountain" or "mountain of costumes", from German tracht "to wear, carry" and berg "mountain". Also indicated familial origin from Trachtenberg-now Żmigród-in Silesia.