Greenberg
Origin
Word/nameYiddish
Meaninggreen hill
Region of originEastern Europe, Pale of Settlement

Greenberg is a surname common in North America, with anglicized spelling of the German Grünberg (green mountain) or the Jewish Ashkenazi Yiddish Grinberg, an artificial surname.[1]

Notable people with the surname Greenberg include:

A–D

E–L

M–R

S–Z

See also

References

  1. Beider, Alexander (1993). A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire. Teaneck: Avotaynu, pages 53–57.
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