Bergen
A unisex name of Old Norse origin, meaning mountain, high place.
Babies a year
17
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Bergen by the numbers
Bergen was given to 17 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 2003, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bergen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Bergen, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Brynleehill meadow; a form of Bryn with English suffix1,408 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bergen
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