Birger Family History
Birger Name Meaning
Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from Yiddish birger or German Bürger ‘citizen’. Swedish: from a personal name Birger ‘one who saves protects or helps’ from Old Norse bjarga ‘to save to protect to help’. This surname is rare in Sweden.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022