Bergfried
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Bergfried is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany. In German, recorded as keep, donjon, bergfried (main defensive tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls, often free-standing).
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
keep, donjon, bergfried (main defensive tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls, often free-standing)
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
How Bergfried is read(measured from records)
Bergfried is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German87%
keep, donjon, bergfried (main defensive tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls, often free-standing)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English7.8%
A tall defensive tower typically found in medieval castles in German-influenced countries.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Barbara Jaruzelskab. 1931PLnot in their usual namePolish university teacher (1931-2017)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 2 sources across 0 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bergfried mean, and where does it come from?
- keep, donjon, bergfried (main defensive tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls, often free-standing) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Bergfried have the most bearers?
- Bergfried is most frequently recorded in Germany.
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curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bergfriedThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bergfried”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.