ÅRUD NorwegianFrom Norwegian
å meaning "river, stream" and the archaic word
rud meaning "clearing".
DAHL Norwegian, Swedish, DanishFrom Old Norse
dalr meaning
"valley". A famous of this surname was author Roald Dahl (1916-1990) who is mostly remembered for children's stories such as
Matilda and
Henry Sugar.
HANSEN Norwegian, DanishMeans
"son of HANS". This is the most common surname in Norway, and the third most common in Denmark.
HAUGEN NorwegianMeans
"hill" in Norwegian, referring to a person who lived on a hilltop.
HORN English, German, Norwegian, DanishFrom the Germanic word
horn meaning
"horn". This was an occupational name for one who carved objects out of horn or who played a horn, or a person who lived near a horn-shaped geographical feature, such as a mountain or a bend in a river.
LUND Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, EnglishIndicated a person who lived near a grove of trees, from Old Norse
lundr meaning
"grove". There are towns in Sweden and Britain called Lund.
NESS English, Scottish, NorwegianFrom English
ness and Norwegian
nes meaning
"headland, promontory", of Old Norse origin, originally referring to a person who lived there.
OMDAHL NorwegianDenoted a person hailing from any one of a number of farms in Norway called either Åmdal or Omdal meaning "elm valley".
SKJEGGESTAD NorwegianFrom a place name, derived from Norwegian
skjegg "beard" and
stad "town, place".
SOLBERG Norwegian, SwedishFrom a place name, derived from Old Norse
sól "sun" and
berg "mountain". As a Swedish name it may be ornamental.
STORSTRAND NorwegianOriginally denoted someone from Storstrand farm in Norway, derived from
stor meaning "big" and
strand meaning "beach".
STRAND Norwegian, Swedish, DanishFrom Old Norse
strǫnd meaning
"beach, sea shore". It was originally given to someone who lived on or near the sea.
VOLL (1) NorwegianOriginally indicated a person who lived in a meadow, from Old Norse
vǫllr "meadow, field".