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Help[Surname] Re: scandinavian surnames...anyone know their meaning?
in reply to a message by Menke
I think you are right in that that hovman is a scandinavian vriant of hoffman.
In sweden a Hovman is a a man who works at court (you know where the king and queens are). Hov - court, man - man.
Holm is a very common ending in scandinavian last names.
It dosen't mean home, but something more like islet.
Bagge means ram in swedish, but it's alsobilbo BAGGERS last name in the first swedish translation.
Cedergren means ceder branch
Stengade should mean stone street (I'm not really shore because it looks like norweigen or danish).
Pilmark means something like willow ground or arrow ground.
In sweden a Hovman is a a man who works at court (you know where the king and queens are). Hov - court, man - man.
Holm is a very common ending in scandinavian last names.
It dosen't mean home, but something more like islet.
Bagge means ram in swedish, but it's alsobilbo BAGGERS last name in the first swedish translation.
Cedergren means ceder branch
Stengade should mean stone street (I'm not really shore because it looks like norweigen or danish).
Pilmark means something like willow ground or arrow ground.
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