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Berlin

in Pennsylvania

There are 449 people with the last name "Berlin" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Berlin 2,961
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  1. is 2,957th most common Varghese
  2. is 2,958th most common Weigle
  3. is 2,959th most common Barna
  4. is 2,960th most common Bechtold
  5. is 2,961st most common Berlin
  6. is 2,962nd most common Crockett
  7. is 2,963rd most common Croft
  8. is 2,964th most common Manuel
  9. is 2,965th most common Beer

Most Common First Names for Berlin

David, William, Barbara, Kenneth, Mary, Brian, John, Michael, Charles

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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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