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AABY Norwegian, DanishFrom a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse
á "small river, stream" and
býr "farm".
BANG DanishOriginally a nickname denoting a loud or brash person, from Old Danish
bang "noise" (from Old Norse
banga "to pound, hammer" of echoic origin). A literary bearer was Danish author Herman Bang (1857-1912)....
[more] BILDT Swedish, DanishBildt is a Danish-Swedish-Norwegian noble family originating from Jutland in Denmark and now domiciled in Bohus county in southwest Sweden. The Norwegian branch of the family died out in the beginning of the 18th century...
[more] BIRCH English, German, Danish, Swedish (Rare)From Middle High German
birche, Old English
birce, Old Danish
birk, all meaning "birch". This was likely a topographic name for someone living by a birch tree or a birch forest...
[more] BOLDING DanishHabitational name from a place so named in Jutland.
BORBERG DanishBorberg is derived from the location Borbjerg in Western Jutland in Denmark.
BORRESEN DanishThe Danish surname Borresen has two origins. Boerresen is composed of -sen 'son' + the given name Boerre, the modern equivalent of Old Norse Byrgir 'the helper' (from proto-Indo-European root BHER- 'to carry, bear')...
[more] BRAHE Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare)Danish and Swedish noble family with roots in Scania and Halland, southern Sweden (both provinces belonged to Denmark when the family was founded). A notable bearer was Danish astronomer
TYCHO Brahe (1546-1601).
BRINK Low German, Dutch, Swedish, DanishThe Dutch and Low German meaning is "village green". In Danish and Swedish, the name is thought to be a borrowing of Middle Dutch brinc / brink, meaning "grassy edge" or perhaps "slope",, and the Danish word now means "where the water runs deep".
CRABB English, Scottish, German, Dutch, DanishEnglish and Scottish, from Middle English crabbe, Old English
crabba ‘crab’ (the crustacean), a nickname for someone with a peculiar gait. English and Scottish from Middle English
crabbe ‘crabapple (tree)’ (probably of Old Norse origin), hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a crabapple tree...
[more] DAHMER German, DanishA northern German or Danish habitual name for someone from one of the many places named Dahme in Brandenburg, Holstein, Mecklenburg, or Silesia. A famous bearer of this name was Jeffrey Dahmer, serial killer (1960 - 1993).
DALE Norwegian, DanishHabitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse
dalr "valley".
DAUGAARD DanishDanish name element
gård "farmstead, yard" combined with prefix
dau of unknown origin. ...
[more] DELEURAN French (Huguenot), DanishHuguenot surname of unknown origin. This family emigrated to Denmark in the 16th century, and now most members of the family are Danish
GOODERHAM DanishIt is derived from a personal name, originally "
Gudormr", which has the rather unusual translation of "battle-snake".
HAGEMANN German, Danish1. German: topographic name for someone who lived by a hedge or enclosure, from Middle High German hac ‘enclosure’, ‘hedge’, Middle Low German hage + mann ‘man’. ...
[more] HALLA DanishDerived from the Old Norse HALLR, which means 'flat stone, rock' or 'sloping, leaning to one side'...
[more] HAMBERG German, Danish, JewishGerman, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) habitational name from any of several places named Hamberg. Jewish (Ashkenazic) variant of
HAMBURG.
HEE Danish, Norwegian, DutchA Danish habitational name from any of several places named from a word meaning ‘shining’ or ‘clear’, referencing a river....
[more] HELMEYER German, Dutch, DanishFrom Hel in Norse mythology and Meyer meaning "higher, superior". It means ´blessed´ or ´holy´. The name is mostly found in Germany, but also in the Netherlands and some parts of Denmark.
HJELM Swedish, DanishFrom Swedish
hjälm or Danish
hjelm, both derived from Old Norse
hjalmr "helmet".
HØYER DanishA surname relatively common in Denmark, derived from the Old Norse word
haugr, meaning "mound, cairn, hill". Alternatively, meaning can be traced back to the old Germanic personal name
Hucger, a compound consisting of
hug- "heart, mind, spirit" and
geirr "spear".
JUEL Danish, Norwegian, SwedishAlternate form of
JUHL. This variant of the name can be traced back to the 14th century and is the name of a Danish noble family sometimes referred to as "Juel med stjernen" meaning "Juel with the star" in reference to their coat-of-arms, as a way to distinguish them from another Danish noble family - the
JUUL-family - who in turn are known as "Juul with the fleur-de-lis"...
[more] JUHL Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Low GermanLikely originating as a nickname for people born around Christmas or who had a connection with that time of year, from the Old Norse
jól, which was the name of the Nordic pagan midwinter festival, or modern Danish
jul meaning "Christmas" (cf...
[more] JUUL Danish, NorwegianAlternate form of
JUHL. This variant of the name can be traced back to the 13th century as the name of a Danish noble family still alive today. The family is sometimes referred to as "Juul med liljen" meaning "Juul with the fleur-de-lis" in reference to their coat-of-arms, as a way to distinguish them from another Danish noble family - the
JUEL-family - who in turn are known as "Juel with the star"...
[more] KIERKEGAARD DanishMeans "farm near the church" from elements
kirke meaning "church" and
gaard meaning "farm." A famous bearer is Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, theologian, poet, social critic and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.
KJÆR Danish, NorwegianTopographic name for someone living near a wetland. Derived from Old Norse
kjarr "swamp, bog".
LANGHORN English, Danish, DutchNorthern English: probably a habitational name from a minor place in Soulby, Cumbria, called Longthorn, from Old English
lang ‘long’ +
horn ‘projecting headland’, or a topographic name with the same meaning....
[more] LINDE German, Dutch, Jewish, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, DanishTopographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous lime tree, from Middle High German, Dutch
linde, Scandinavian
lind. There are several places, especially in North Germany, named with this word...
[more] NØRREGAARD DanishAn alternate spelling of Nørgaard. Literally meaning north farm in Danish.
NØRSKOV DanishMeans "northern forest" from the Danish
nord "north" and
skov "forest".
OLUFSEN DanishPatronymic form of the Old Norse personal name "Anleifr", or "Oluf", which is composed of the elements "ans", god and "leifr", a relic.
ØRSTED DanishA notable bearer was Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), a Danish physicist and chemist.
OVERSON Danish, NorwegianAltered spelling of Oveson, itself a patronymic from the personal name Ove, a Danish form of the older Aghi, with a second element possibly meaning "spear".
ROOS Estonian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German (Swiss), Low GermanMeans "rose" in Estonian and Dutch. Swedish and Danish variant of
ROS, also meaning "rose". This could be a locational name for someone living near roses, an occupational name for someone who grew roses, or a nickname for someone with reddish skin.
SCHOU DanishTopographic name for someone who lived by a small wood, from a Germanized form of Danish skov 'wood', 'forest', 'copse'.
SØGÅRD DanishMeans "sea farm" indicating a farmstead near the sea or open water.
SØNDERGAARD DanishHabitational name from
sønder "southern" and
gård "enclosure", "farm".
VALENTIN French, Italian, Romanian, German, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Russian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, JewishFrom the given name
VALENTIN. It was sometimes adopted as a personal name by Jews.
WARMING DanishProbably originating near the town of Ribe in Southeast Denmark. It appears as both Warming and Varming....
[more] WENDT German, DanishEthnic name for a Wend, Middle High German
wind(e). The Wends (also known as Sorbians) once occupied a large area of northeastern Germany (extending as far west as Lüneburg, with an area called Wendland), and many German place names and surnames are of Wendish origin...
[more] WIND English, German, DanishNickname for a swift runner, from Middle English
wind "wind", Middle High German
wint "wind", also "greyhound".