We have no explicit interpretation of Bereg's name, but a connection with the Elvish root 'berék-' seems more than likely, especially as know for sure that this element appears in the name Bregolas (another member of the House of Bëor). That root means 'wild', and by extension 'fierce, violent, sudden', and so would fit Bereg's abandonment of his people at Estolad.
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