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Bērziņš (Old orthography: Be(h)rsin(g); feminine: Bērziņa) is the Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "birch tree". In 2015 the two were the most common male and female surnames in Latvia. Notable people with the surname include:

Key facts

Surname.name
Bērziņš
Surname.meaning
"little birch tree"
Surname.origin
Latvian
Surname.variant
Berzin

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  • Bērziņš
  • Bērziņa
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  • References

Bērziņš (Old orthography: Be(h)rsin(g); feminine: Bērziņa) is the Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "birch tree". In 2015 the two were the most common male and female surnames in Latvia. Notable people with the surname include:

==Bērziņš== Aldis Berzins (born 1956), volleyball player Alfons Bērziņš (1916–1987), long track speed skater Andris Bērziņš (born 1944), politician and businessman, former President of Latvia (2011–2015) Andris Bērziņš (born 1951), politician Armands Bērziņš (born 1983), ice hockey player Artūrs Bērziņš (born 1988), basketball player Augusts Miervaldis Bērziņš (1921–2000), writer, publicist and physician Gundars Bērziņš (1959–2023), politician Jānis Bērziņš (1880s–1938), military official and politician Jānis Bērziņš (born 1984), biathlete Jānis Bērziņš (born 1993), basketball player Jānis Bērziņš (1881–1938), diplomat John Bērziņš (born 1957), bishop of Caracas and South America Juris Bērziņš (born 1954), rower Kaspars Bērziņš (born 1985), basketball player Māris Bērziņš (born 1962), writer and playwright Reinholds Bērziņš (1888–1938) Soviet politician and military officer, executed during the Latvian Operation of the NKVD Roberts Bērziņš (born 2001), Latvian basketball player Sandris Bērziņš (born 1976), luger Uldis Bērziņš (1944–2021), poet and translator Vladimirs Bērziņš (1905–?), football player and manager

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bērziņš” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.