Beregovo), Belarusian: Берагава (Łacinka Bierahava), Czech and Slovak: Berehovo, Yiddish: בערעגסאז, Beregsaz, German: Bergsaß, Polish: Bereg Saski.

Residents of Berehove voted on October 31, 2010, in a referendum on renaming the town to Beregszász, its Hungarian-language name.

Hungarian was made a regional language in Berehove in September 2012; meaning it would be used in the town's administrative office work and documents.

[6] As of December 2020, all decisions of Zakarpattia's local councils on the functioning of regional languages, including Hungarian in Berehove, were cancelled.

Prior to World War II, the city had a significant Jewish population, estimated at 8,000 persons.

The remaining population consists of Germans, Poles, Slovaks, Armenians and Belarusians.

Ukrainian is spoken by a large minority, smaller groups speak Slovakian and Armenian.