Van bergen Family History

Dutch and Flemish: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill (see Berg) or a habitational name for someone from any of various places so named.

Examples include Bergen op Zoom in the province of North Brabant in the Netherlands, Bergen in Lower Saxony in Germany, and Bergen as the Dutch name for Mons, the capital of the province of Hainaut in Belgium (Wallonia).

These names reflect geographical features and the communities that developed around them.

The various locations sharing the name illustrate the cultural and linguistic influences across regions.

Compare Bergen.