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Berlin

in Massachusetts

There are 143 people with the last name "Berlin" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

NameRank
Berlin 5,055
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  1. is 5,051st most common Ratcliffe
  2. is 5,052nd most common Schubert
  3. is 5,053rd most common Strycharz
  4. is 5,054th most common Wheelock
  5. is 5,055th most common Berlin
  6. is 5,056th most common Buckman
  7. is 5,057th most common Canniff
  8. is 5,058th most common Carl
  9. is 5,059th most common Carrasco

Most Common First Names for Berlin

Richard, Joan, Steven, Daniel, Ellen, Rachel, Robert, Terry, Andrew, Anne

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Meaning & History

Jewish (Ashkenazic) and German: habitational name from the city of Berlin, capital of Germany. This city takes its name from a West Slavic word meaning ‘river rake’, a scaffold of beams built over a river to prevent logs from jamming; the river in question is the Spree. Folk etymology, however, has put a bear into the arms of the city, as if the name were derived from Bärlin, a diminutive of Bär ‘bear’. The German name is also found in the Hamburg area, where it may be derived from the village of the same name, but uncertain origin, in Holstein. In some cases the Jewish name may be a patronymic from a pet form of the Yiddish personal name Ber (see Berenson).

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