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4/30/2025, 6:09 AM Jenkowelten
4/30/2025, 5:42 AM DoingNothing247

Name Battenberg
Type Surname (from location)
Usage German
Pronounced Pron. /ˈbat.n̩.bɛʁk/
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Meaning & History

Habitational name for a person from the small town named Battenberg in Hesse, from Old High German personal name Batto and berg "mountain, hill". This was the name of a non-dynastic cadet branch of the House of Hesse-Darmstadt, which ruled the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1918.
Added 4/30/2025 by DoingNothing247