Froberg
25th March 2005, 17:12
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/
Interesting stuff.
I learned that I have family in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany & Ireland. :)
# North German: habitational name for someone from Frohburg, Saxony (also recorded as Froberg, in the 16th century).
# North German: possibly from the female personal name Froburg (recorded in the 13th century in Hamburg).
# Danish (Fr?berg): habitational name from a place called Fr?bjerg.
# Anglicized form of Swedish Fr?berga, habitational name from any of several places in Sweden of this name (either from fr? ?fertile?, ?rich?, or from the name of the goddess Fr?ja), or possibly an ornamental name from the same elements.
My first name:
Bj?rn
Swedish: from an Old Norse byname meaning ?bear?. It is also in part a short form of compound names such as Arnbj?rn and Torbj?rn. Cognates: Norwegian: Bj?rn, Bjarne.
my middle name; Damborg, contained no info :/
Interesting stuff.
I learned that I have family in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany & Ireland. :)
# North German: habitational name for someone from Frohburg, Saxony (also recorded as Froberg, in the 16th century).
# North German: possibly from the female personal name Froburg (recorded in the 13th century in Hamburg).
# Danish (Fr?berg): habitational name from a place called Fr?bjerg.
# Anglicized form of Swedish Fr?berga, habitational name from any of several places in Sweden of this name (either from fr? ?fertile?, ?rich?, or from the name of the goddess Fr?ja), or possibly an ornamental name from the same elements.
My first name:
Bj?rn
Swedish: from an Old Norse byname meaning ?bear?. It is also in part a short form of compound names such as Arnbj?rn and Torbj?rn. Cognates: Norwegian: Bj?rn, Bjarne.
my middle name; Damborg, contained no info :/