Goldberg Surname Meaning & Origin
What the Goldberg last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.
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Meaning and origin of the Goldberg last name
Meaning of the Goldberg last name: gold mountain. Goldberg is a Jewish and German surname from German Gold, "gold", and Berg, "mountain", either a name chosen around 1800 or a name from places called Goldberg, in Silesia and Mecklenburg. The last name was carried to America by emigrants from Russia, Poland and Germany. A curious detail of this family name meaning: the Silesian town of Goldberg is now Zlotoryja in Poland, and both names recall the gold once mined there.
Arms associated with the Goldberg name
German heraldry loves canting designs that echo a name, and coats of arms associated with the Goldberg surname may show a golden hill, each described in a short blazon.
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Goldberg name FAQ
What does the Goldberg name mean?
Gold mountain.
Where does the Goldberg surname come from?
It originates in Germany, and is also found in the United States, Israel and Canada.
Is there a Goldberg coat of arms?
Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Goldberg coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.
Sources: Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames (Oxford University Press, 1988); Dictionary of American Family Names (Oxford).