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  Rehberg Coat of Arms / Rehberg Family CrestThe surname of REHBERG was a German and Swedish baptismal name 'the son of Rodbert' meaning fame-bright. This name was originally derived from the Germanic personal name, composed of the elements HROD and BERHT. The name was found occasionally in England before the Conquest, but in the main it was introduced into England by the Normans, and quickly became popular among all classes of society. The name has numerous variant spellings which include REBERG, RYBERG, RYBERT, ROBERT, ROBART, ROBARD, REBERTS, FLOBERT, ROBLIN, ROUBERT and RUPERT, to name but a few. Surnames which were derived from ancient Germanic personal names have the same meaning in many languages. The court of Charlemagne (Charles the Great, king of the Franks (742-814) was Christian and Latin speaking). The vernacular was the Frankish dialect of Old High German, and the personal names in use were Germanic and vernacular. These names were adopted in many parts of northwest Europe, particularly among the noble ruling classes. Hereditary surnames were found in Germany in the second half of the 12th century - a little later than in England and France. It was about the 16th century that they became stabilized. A notable member of the name was Abraham Viktor RYBERG (1828-95) the Swedish writer and scholar, born in Jonkoping. After a hard childhood and early struggles to gain an education he worked as a journalist, and was professor at Stockholm from 1884 until 1895. The leading cultural figure of his day he also wrote works on philosophy, philology and aesthetics. In the 17th century, so-called 'soldiers' names are found as the earliest kind of hereditary surnames in Sweden. These names were derived from vocabulary words, usually martial-sounding monosyllables such as Rapp (prompt) Rask (bold), or occasionally names of animals and birds. The names were bestowed on soldiers for administrative purposes, and no doubt in some cases derived from pre-existing nicknames. |
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