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scandinavian surnames...anyone know their meaning? |
| Author: |
Menke (guest, 84.80.142.26) |
| Date: |
September 8, 2004 at 12:37:00 PM |
Hovman (i guess this is a Scandinavian variant of Hoffman)
Nørgaard, Hyldgaard, Kjeldgaard, Pilegaard, Ostergaard, Hedegaard, Rygaard (what does 'gaard' mean? is it 'garden'?)
Flyvholm ('holm' is another common Scandinavian ending)
Vadsholt ('holt' ==> meaning like Dutch 'hout' = wood?)
Tolstrup, Bidstrup
Hasselflug (this might be a Jewish surname too)
Birch (like Thora Birch, same as the English 'birch'?)
Bagge
Tolling (Danish surname)
Scherfig (another Jewish maybe)
Guldbrandsen
Baekmark (also written as Bäkmark i believe)
Mundt
Hogsted (does this mean 'high place' like 'hoge stede' in Dutch)
Ditzel
Krag
Wichmann (Jewish again?)
Cedergren (this one is i believe 'ceder wood' or 'cedergreen')
Stengade
Mejding
Enevold
Ryksjaer (maybe this is Norwegian)
Koefoed (this one doesnt sound Scandinavian at all, but i found a Scandinavian person bearing this surname)
Pilmark (i think 'mark' is a region, area)
Springborg (something with castle)
i know it is a huge list, but i just hope to encounter a Scandinavian person who knows the meaning of those common endings, that would be helpful enough already. thx for reading this.
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- scandinavian surnames...anyone know their meaning? - Menke Sep 8 2004, 12:37:00 PM
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