Surnames Matching Pattern *g

This is a list of surnames in which the pattern is *g.
usage
pattern
Aaldenberg Dutch
Originally denoted a person who came from an uncertain place called Aaldenberg, meaning "old mountain".
Abbing Dutch
Variant of Abbink.
Åberg Swedish
From Swedish å meaning "river, stream" and berg meaning "mountain".
Achterberg Dutch, German
From the name of various places in the Netherlands and Germany, for example the village of achterberg in Utrecht. The place names are derived from Low German achter "behind" and berg "mountain, hill".
Ahlberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish al (Old Norse ǫlr) meaning "alder" and berg meaning "mountain".
Aling Dutch
Variant of Alink.
Alting Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Alte 2" in Dutch.
Amsing Dutch
Means "(farm) belonging to Amse" in Dutch.
Armstrong English
Means "strong arm" from Middle English. Tradition holds that the family is descended from Siward, an 11th-century Earl of Northumbria. Famous bearers of this name include the Americans Louis Armstrong (1901-1971), a jazz musician, and Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), an astronaut who was the first person to walk on the moon.
Assenberg Dutch
From Dutch es meaning "ash tree" (plural essen) and berg meaning "mountain".
Berg German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse berg meaning "mountain".
Borg Swedish
From Swedish borg meaning "fortification, castle".
Bunnag Thai
From the name of Bunnag, an 18th-century general of Persian heritage.
Chang Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Zhang).
Cheng 1 Chinese
From Chinese (chéng) meaning "rule, order, regulations", also referring to the territory of Cheng (in present-day Henan province) that existed during the Zhou dynasty.
Cheng 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zheng.
Cheung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.
Chong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zhang.
Chung Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul (see Jeong).
Craig Scottish
Derived from Gaelic creag meaning "crag, rocks, outcrop", originally belonging to a person who lived near a crag.
Dahlberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish dal (Old Norse dalr) meaning "dale, valley" and berg meaning "mountain".
Deering English
From the Old English given name Deora meaning "dear, beloved".
De Jong Dutch
Means "young" in Dutch, from Middle Dutch jonc. This is the most common surname in the Netherlands.
De Koning Dutch
Dutch cognate of King.
De Lang Dutch
Dutch cognate of Long.
Deng Chinese
From Chinese (dèng) referring to the ancient state of Deng, which existed during the Shang and Zhou dynasties in what is now either Henan or Hubei province.
Ding Chinese
From Chinese (dīng) meaning "man, person".
Dong Chinese
From Chinese (dǒng) meaning "direct, supervise".
Engberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish äng (Old Norse eng) meaning "meadow" and berg meaning "mountain".
Feng 1 Chinese
From Chinese (féng), which referred to an ancient city in Henan province.
Feng 2 Chinese
From Chinese (fèng) meaning "phoenix, fire bird, fenghuang".
Fertig German
Means "ready, prepared" in German.
Fleming English
Given to a person who was a Fleming, that is a person who was from Flanders in the Netherlands.
Forsberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish fors meaning "waterfall" and berg meaning "mountain".
Gang Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul (see Kang).
Gehrig German
Variant of Gehring.
Gehring German
Derived from a short form of Old German names starting with the element ger "spear".
Gerig German
Variant of Gehring.
Görög Hungarian
Means "Greek" in Hungarian.
Greenberg German, Jewish
Anglicized form of Grünberg.
Grünberg German, Jewish
From German grün meaning "green" and Berg meaning "mountain". This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain.
Haig English, Scottish
From Old English haga or Old Norse hagi meaning "enclosure, pasture".
Harding English
Derived from the given name Heard. A famous bearer was American president Warren G. Harding (1865-1923).
Hawking English
From a diminutive of Hawk. A famous bearer was the British physicist Stephen Hawking (1942-2018).
Hennig German
From a diminutive of the given name Heinrich.
Herceg Croatian
Croatian form of Herzog.
Herczeg Hungarian
Hungarian form of Herzog.
Herczog Hungarian
Hungarian form of Herzog.
Herzog German
From a German title meaning "duke", a nickname for a person who either acted like a duke or worked in a duke's household.
Hoàng Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Huang, from Sino-Vietnamese (hoàng).
Hochberg German, Jewish
From place names meaning "high hill" in German.
Holmberg Swedish
Ornamental name derived from Swedish holme (Old Norse holmr) meaning "small island" and berg meaning "mountain".
Huang Chinese
From Chinese (huáng) meaning "yellow".
Jansing Dutch
Variant of Jansen.
Jeong Korean
Korean form of Zheng, from Sino-Korean (jeong).
Jiang 1 Chinese
From Chinese (jiāng) meaning "river, Yangtze".
Jiang 2 Chinese
From Chinese (jiāng) meaning "ginger".
Jung 1 German
Means "young" in German, from Middle High German junc.
Jung 2 Korean
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul (see Jeong).
Kang Korean
Korean form of Jiang 2, from Sino-Korean (gang).
Kellogg English
Occupational name for a pig butcher, from Middle English killen "to kill" and hog "pig, swine, hog".
King English
From Old English cyning "king", originally a nickname for someone who either acted in a kingly manner or who worked for or was otherwise associated with a king. A famous bearer was the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968).
Kipling English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, of Old English origin meaning "Cyppel's people", from a given name Cyppel of unknown meaning. A famous bearer of this name was the author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936).
Koenig German
German cognate of King.
König German
German cognate of King.
Koning Dutch
Dutch cognate of King.
Kuang Chinese
From Chinese (kuàng), which refers to the clan of the same name.
Lång Swedish
Swedish cognate of Long.
Lang German, Danish, Norwegian
German, Danish and Norwegian cognate of Long.
Langenberg German, Dutch
From various place names meaning "long mountain" in German and Dutch.
Leong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.
Leung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Liang.
Liang Chinese
From Chinese (liáng) referring to the ancient state of Liang, which existed from the 8th to 7th centuries BC in what is now Shaanxi province.
Lichtenberg Jewish
Means "light hill" in German.
Lindberg Swedish
From Swedish lind meaning "linden tree" and berg meaning "mountain".
Ljung Swedish
Means "heather" in Swedish.
Ljungborg Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and borg meaning "castle".
Long English
Originally a nickname for a person who had long limbs or who was tall.
Ludwig German
From the given name Ludwig.
Lundberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish lund (Old Norse lundr) meaning "grove" and berg meaning "mountain".
MacEanruig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McKendrick.
Mac Thaidhg Irish
Irish Gaelic form of McCaig.
MacThaoig Scottish Gaelic
Scottish Gaelic form of McCaig.
Marquering Dutch
Possibly a Dutch form of Marquardt.
McCaig Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacThaoig meaning "son of Tadhg".
Namgung Korean
From Sino-Korean (nam) meaning "south" combined with (gung) meaning "palace, house". This is the most common Korean compound surname.
Narang Hindi
From the name of a Pakistani town that was in undivided India.
Ng 1 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wu 1.
Ng 2 Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Huang.
Nordberg Swedish, Norwegian
From Swedish and Norwegian nord (Old Norse norðr) meaning "north" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it is ornamental.
Norling Swedish
Originally denoted a person who came from the north.
Nuremberg German
Derived from the name of a city in Bavaria, Germany.
Nyberg Swedish
From Swedish ny (Old Norse nýr) meaning "new" and berg meaning "mountain".
Öberg Swedish
From Swedish ö (Old Norse ey) meaning "island" and berg meaning "mountain".
Ó Cuaig Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Quigg.
Oelberg German
Means "oil hill" from Middle High German öl "oil" and berg "mountain, hill".
Ong Chinese (Hokkien)
Min Nan romanization of Wang 1.
Östberg Swedish
From Swedish öst (Old Norse austr) meaning "east" and berg meaning "mountain".
Østberg Norwegian
Norwegian form of Östberg.
Ó Taidhg Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Teague 1.
Peng Chinese
From Chinese (péng) referring to the ancient state of Peng, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Jiangsu province.
Penzig Yiddish
Denoted a person who came from Penzig, the German name for Pieńsk, a town in southwest Poland. It is derived from Polish pień meaning "stump, tree trunk".
Pfenning German
From Old High German pfenning meaning "penny, coin". It was used in reference to feudal tax obligations.
Pickering English
From the name of a town in Yorkshire, derived from Old English Piceringas, the name of a tribe.
Puig Catalan
Catalan cognate of Poggio.
Quigg Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cuaig meaning "descendant of Cuaig", a given name of unknown meaning.
Reenberg Danish
Meaning unknown. The second element is probably from Old Norse berg "mountain" (modern Danish bjerg).
Rettig German
Derived from Middle High German retich, Middle Low German redik meaning "radish", an occupational name for a grower or seller of radishes.
Róg Polish
Means "animal horn" in Polish.
Roig Catalan
Means "red" in Catalan, from Latin rubeus, originally a nickname for a person with red hair or a red complexion.
Rosenberg German, Swedish, Jewish
Means "rose mountain" in German and Swedish. As a Swedish and Jewish name it is ornamental.
Rothenberg German, Jewish
From Middle High German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Jewish name it may be ornamental.
Sandberg Swedish, Norwegian, Jewish
From Swedish and Norwegian sand (Old Norse sandr) meaning "sand" and berg meaning "mountain" (or in the case of the Jewish surname, from the Yiddish or German cognates).
Scheinberg Jewish
Ornamental name meaning "beautiful mountain" from German schön "beautiful, good, nice" and berg "mountain".
Schmeling German
From Middle Low German smal meaning "small, slender".
Schwarzenberg German
Means "black mountain" in German.
Sjöberg Swedish
From Swedish sjö (Old Norse sær) meaning "lake, sea" and berg meaning "mountain".
Söderberg Swedish
From Swedish söder (Old Norse suðr) meaning "south" and berg meaning "mountain".
Solberg Norwegian, Swedish
From a place name, derived from Old Norse sól meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it may be ornamental.
Song Chinese, Korean
From Chinese (sòng) referring to the Song dynasty, which ruled China from 960 to 1279.
Sorg German
Variant of Sorge.
Spalding English
From the name of the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire, derived from the Anglo-Saxon tribe of the Spaldingas.
Spearing English
Patronymic form of Spear.
Spurling English
From Middle English sparewe "sparrow" and the diminutive suffix -ling.
Stenberg Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Derived from Scandinavian sten (Old Norse steinn) meaning "stone" and berg meaning "mountain". As a Swedish name it is ornamental.
Sterling Scottish
Derived from city of Stirling, which is itself of unknown meaning.
Sternberg Jewish
Ornamental name derived from old German stern "star" and berg "mountain".
Strömberg Swedish
From Swedish ström (Old Norse straumr) meaning "stream" and berg meaning "mountain".
Strong English
Nickname derived from Middle English strong or strang meaning "strong".
Sundberg Swedish
From Swedish sund meaning "strait" and berg meaning "mountain".
Sung Chinese
Alternate transcription of Chinese (see Song).
Tang 1 Chinese
From Chinese (táng) referring to the Tang dynasty, which ruled China from 618 to 907.
Tang 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Deng.
Tong Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Tang 1.
Tsang Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Zeng.
Van Aalsburg Dutch
Means "from Aalsburg", which is possibly Adelsburg, composed of adal "noble" and burg "fortress".
Van den Berg Dutch
Means "from the mountain", derived from Dutch berg meaning "mountain".
Vång Swedish
Swedish variant of Wang 3.
Vang 2 Yiddish
Variant of Wang 4.
Van Middelburg Dutch (Rare)
Means "from Middelburg", the name of a city in Zeeland in the Netherlands, itself meaning "middle fortress" in Dutch.
Van Wegberg Dutch
Means "from Wegberg", a small town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, close to the Dutch border. It is derived from old German weg "way, path, road" and berg "mountain".
Vastag Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "stout, thick" in Hungarian.
Virág Hungarian
From a nickname meaning "flower" in Hungarian.
Wang 1 Chinese
From Chinese (wáng) meaning "king, monarch". This is the most common surname in China (and the world).
Wang 2 German, Dutch
From Middle High German and Middle Dutch wange meaning "cheek", possibly a nickname for someone with round or rosy cheeks.
Wang 3 German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
From Old High German wang or Old Norse vangr meaning "grassy slope, meadow".
Wang 4 Yiddish
Name for a Jew from Hungary, ultimately from Russian Венгрия (Vengriya) meaning "Hungary".
Westenberg Dutch
Means "west of the mountain", originally referring to a person who lived there.
Westerberg Swedish
Derived from Swedish *väster (Old Norse vestr) meaning "west" and berg meaning "mountain".
Wong 1 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Wang 1.
Wong 2 Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Huang.
Yang Chinese
From Chinese (yáng) meaning "willow, poplar, aspen".
Yeung Chinese (Cantonese)
Cantonese romanization of Yang.
Yong English
Variant of Young.
Young English
Derived from Old English geong meaning "young". This was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son.
Zeng Chinese
From Chinese (zēng) referring to the former state of Zeng, which existed during the Zhou dynasty in what is now Hubei province.
Zhang Chinese
From Chinese (zhāng) meaning "stretch, extend". It may have denoted a bowmaker whose job it was to stretch bow wood.
Zheng Chinese
From Chinese (zhèng), which refers to the ancient state of Zheng. Zheng existed between the 9th to 4th centuries BC in present-day Henan province. A famous bearer of this surname was the 15th-century explorer Zheng He.
Zilberschlag Jewish
Occupational name for a silversmith from Yiddish zilber "silver" and schlag "strike".