Bērziņš
Bērziņš is the most common Latvian surname, which is derived from the Latvian word bērzs, meaning "birch tree";[1] its feminine counterpart is Bērziņa. Notable people with the surname include:
- Aldis Berzins (born 1956), Latvian American volleyball player
- Andris Bērziņš (Latvian President) (born 1944), politician and businessman, current President of Latvia
- Andris Bērziņš (Latvian Prime Minister) (born 1951), politician
- Armands Bērziņš (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Augusts Miervaldis Bērziņš
- Gundars Bērziņš (born 1959), politician
- Ilze Bērziņa (born 1984), chess player
- Ingrīda Bērziņa (born 1954), chess player
- Jānis K. Bērziņš (1889–1938), Latvian Soviet military commander and politician
- Pēteris Bērziņš (born 1957), bishop of Caracas and South America
- Juris Bērziņš (born 1954), rower
- Kaspars Bērziņš (born 1985), basketball player
- Laila Bērziņa (born 1965), Latvian politician
- Lauris Bērziņš, luger
- Reinholds Bērziņš (1888-1938), Latvian Soviet military commander, veteran of the Soviet-Ukrainian War and participant of the first invasion of Ukraine, victim of Great Purge
- Sandris Bērziņš (born 1976), luger
- Uldis Bērziņš (born 1944), poet and translator
- Vladimirs Bērziņš (1905–?), football player and manager
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