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AA NorwegianDerived from
aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian
å "small river, stream".
AABY Norwegian, DanishFrom a place called Aaby or Åby, from Old Norse
á "small river, stream" and
býr "farm".
AADLAND NorwegianDerived from a place called Ådland, from Old Norse Árland "land by the river".
AAMODT NorwegianCombination of
aa, an obsolete spelling of Norwegian
å "small river, stream" and
møte "meeting".
AARHUS NorwegianDerived from any of the farms so named, from Old Norse
á "river" and
hús "house, farmstead".
AUNE NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
auðn "wasteland, desolate place".
AWSUMB NorwegianNorwegian habitation surname. Åsum/Aasum/Aasumb is a common place name in Scandinavia, generally referring to an ancient farm or homestead. Derived from Old Norse aas ‘hill’ + um ‘around’. Norwegian emigrants from the Åsum farm in the traditional district of Vinger (Hedmark, Norway) adopted the Anglicized spelling ‘Awsumb’ after arriving in North America in the 19th and 20th Centuries.
BIRKELAND NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
birki "birch" and
land "farm, land". Birkeland is the name of a village and parish in western Norway. The parish got it's name from an old farm. The parish church was built on the same spot where the farm once was.
BJØRKLUND NorwegianFrom any of several farms named with Norwegian
bjørk "birch" and
lund "grove".
BØE NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
býr "farm, village, settlement" or
búa "to reside".
BØEN NorwegianHabitational name from the common farm name Bøen, simply meaning "the farm" (ultimately derived from Old Norse
býr "farm, village, settlement" and the definite article
-en).
BORSHEIM Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from either of two farmsteads in Norway: Borsheim in Rogaland and Børsheim in Hordaland. Borsheim is a combination of an unknown first element and Norwegian
heim "home", while Børsheim is a combination of Old Norse
byrgi "fence, enclosure" and
heim.
BRAGER Norwegian (Rare)From the name of any of the various farmsteads in eastern Norway, which may have derived their name from a river name meaning "roaring", "thundering".
BRÅTHEN NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
broti "land cleared for cultivation by burning". This was a common farm name in southeastern Norway.
BREVIK NorwegianHabitational name from any of several farms named Brevik, from Norwegian
bred "broad" and
vik "bay".
CLEVELAND Norwegian (Anglicized)Americanized spelling of Norwegian
Kleiveland or
Kleveland, habitational names from any of five farmsteads in Agder and Vestlandet named with Old Norse
kleif "rocky ascent" or
klefi "closet" (an allusion to a hollow land formation) and
land "land".
DALE Norwegian, DanishHabitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse
dalr "valley".
DRAG Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from any of several farms named Drag. The place name is related to Old Norse
draga "to pull" (compare modern Norwegian
dra with the same meaning) and originally denoted a place where boats were pulled along a river or across an isthmus.
EGELAND NorwegianFrom the name of several farmsteads in Norway named with Norwegian
eik "oak" and
land "land".
EGNER Norwegian (Rare)From the name of a farm in Norway, of unknown origin. A known bearer was Norwegian playwright Thorbjørn Egner (1912-1990).
ENGLAND Norwegian (Rare)From the name of several farms in Norway, named with Old Norse
eng "meadow" and
land "land".
FETT Norwegian (Rare)Derived from Old Norse
fit "land, shore". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
FINSTAD NorwegianMeans "Finn's farmstead", from the given name
Finn (2) and Old Norse
staðr "farmstead, dwelling". This was the name of several farms in Norway.
FISKE English, NorwegianFrom the traditionally Norwegian habitational surname, from the Old Norse
fiskr "fish" and
vin "meadow". In England and Denmark it was a surname denoting someone who was a "fisherman" or earned their living from selling fish.
FIVELAND Norwegian (Rare)From the name of a farm in Norway named with the word
fivel possibly meaning "cottongrass, bog cotton". This plant grows in abundance in the marshy land near the location of the farm.
FLO NorwegianFamous bearers include Norwegian footballers and relatives
Tore Andre,
Håvard, and
Jostein Flo of the Norwegian national team that upset Brazil twice in both a friendly in 1997 and a 1998 World Cup group match.
FLOBERG Swedish, Norwegian (Rare)Of uncertain origin. Could possibly be combination of
flo, an unexplained element (but probably either ornamental or locational), and
berg "mountain", or a habitational name from a place so named.
FØRDE NorwegianFrom Old Norse
fyrði dative form of
fjórðr "fjord". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
FORREN Norwegian (Rare)Derived form the name of a farmstead in Norway named with a word meaning "hollow, gorge".
HAALAND NorwegianFrom Old Norse
Hávaland, derived from
hár "high" and
land "land, farm". This is the name of several farms in Norway.
HAUGAN NorwegianOriginates from a Farm name. Haugan comes from the Old Norse word
haugr which can be translatd to "hill" or "mound".
HAUGE NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Hauge, from the dative singular of Old Norse
haugr "hill, mound".
HAUKEBØ NorwegianA combination of Norwegian
hauk, derived from Old Norse
haukr, "hawk" and
bø, derived from Old Norse
bœr, "farm". The meaning refers to hawks sitting abode; as on the roof of a barn.
HEE Danish, Norwegian, DutchA Danish habitational name from any of several places named from a word meaning ‘shining’ or ‘clear’, referencing a river....
[more] HELLAND NorwegianThe Old Norse name element
-land meaning "country, land" combined with either Old Norse
hella "flat rock" or
hellir "cave". ...
[more] HOLTER English, German, NorwegianDerived from English
holt meaning "small wood". A topographic name for someone who lived near a small wooden area, as well as a habitational name from a place named with that element.
HOVDA NorwegianHabitational name from the many farmsteads in Norway named Hovda. Derived from Old Norse
hófði "rounded peak", itself derived from Old Norse
hofuð "head".
ISLAND NorwegianHabitational name from any of four farmsteads so named. The origin of their name is not certain; it may be a compound of
is "ice" and
land "land" or from
Island "Iceland" (the name of the country).
KANE Irish, NorwegianFrom the anglicized Irish surname Cathan, meaning "warlike." In Norway, it's used as a noble name.
KJÆR Danish, NorwegianTopographic name for someone living near a wetland. Derived from Old Norse
kjarr "swamp, bog".
KOLDEN German, NorwegianFrom Middle Low German kolt, kolde ‘cold’, a nickname for an unfriendly person; alternatively, it may be a habitational name, a shortened form of Koldenhof ‘cold farm’ in Mecklenburg (standardized form: Kaltenhof, a frequent place name in northern Germany, East Prussia, Bavaria, and Württemberg).Norwegian: habitational name from a farm called Kolden, from Old Norse kollr ‘rounded mountain top’.
LANDE French, Norwegian, JewishFrench: topographic name for someone living on a heath,
lande (from Gaulish
landa ‘space’, ‘land’), or a habitational name from any of numerous minor places named La Lande from this word....
[more] LANGELAND NorwegianDerived from the elements
lang meaning "long" and
land meaning "land" or "farmstead".
LIE NorwegianVariant spelling of Li. Derived from Old Norse
hlíð "hillside, mountain slope".
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] LØKKEN NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so called. Derived from Old Norse
lykkja "enclosure".
LYNGSTAD NorwegianAnni-Frid Lyngstad (b. 1945) is a Norwegian-born Swedish singer and former member of ABBA.
LYSTAD NorwegianFrom the name of several farms in Norway. One family got their name from a farm in Ullensaker municipality in Akershus county. Another family got it name from a farm called
Ljøstad in Hedmark county.
MANUS Norwegian (Hispanicized)Hispanicized variant of
Magnussen. This was the surname of Norwegian World War II resistance fighter Max Manus, whose father spent much of his life living in Hispanophone countries.
MELBY NorwegianModern form of Meðalbýr meaning "middle farm", a combination of Old Norse
meðal "middle" and
býr "farm".
MØRK NorwegianFrom Old Norse
mork "wood". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway.
MOSSING NorwegianHabitational name from a farm name in Trøndelag, probably named with mose meaning "moss" + vin meaning "meadow".
MYKLEBUST NorwegianDerived from Old Norse
Myklibólstaðr meaning "large farm". From
mikill "large" and
bólstaðr "farm".
NORDAHL Norwegian, SwedishThe surname derives from a place name in Sunnmøre, Norway. Meaning from Old Norse
norðr ''north'' and
dalr ''dale'', ''valley''. In Sweden, this name is mostly ornamental, rather than habitaional.
ØDEGÅRD NorwegianMeans "deserted farm" in Norwegian. A combination of
øde "deserted, empty" and
gård "farm, yard".
ODLAND NorwegianHabitational name from any of several farmsteads in Rogaland and Hordaland named Odland, from Old Norse Árland, a compound of á ‘small river’ (or another first element of uncertain origin) + land ‘land’, ‘farm’.
OPPEGÅRD NorwegianHabitational name meaning "upper farm". Derived from Old Norse
uppi "upper" and
garðr "farm, yard". This was the name of several farmsteads in Norway. ...
[more] ØSTBY NorwegianHabitational name from farmsteads in Norway named Østby or Austby. Derived from Old Norse
aust "east" and
býr "farm, village".
ØSTHAGEN NorwegianAn uncommon Norwegian surname of uncertain origin. It is most likely a locational name, derived from Norwegian
øst, 'east' and
hagen, 'enclosure'. ...
[more] 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".
PARELIUS NorwegianLatinization of a learned Hellenized translation of either
Solvorn, a placename in Luster (Sogn og Fjordane), or of
Solnør, a placename in Skodje/Ørskog (Møre og Romsdal), Norway. The surname itself is then derived from Greek
para heliou "near (or close by) the sun".
QUISLING NorwegianA treacherous person who sides with opposing forces, this meaning comes from Vidkun Quisling of Norway. He helped the Germans during the German rule of Norway in the 1940's. Original meaning "One from" (-ling) "Quislemark", (quis) A romanization of the place name of Kvislemark.
REKDAL NorwegianThe name of people from the small town Rekdal in West-Norway. Former footballer Kjetil Rekdal (1968- ) is the most known person from there.
ROE NorwegianHabitational surname for any of the several farmsteads named
Roe or
Røe, derived from the Old Norse
ruð meaning "clearing".
ROISUM NorwegianHabitational name from the farmstead in Sogn named Røysum, from the dative plural of Old Norse reysi ‘heap of stones’.
SANDE NorwegianHabitational name from any of forty or more farmsteads so named, especially on the west coast, from the dative case of Old Norse sandr meaning "sand", "sandy plain", "beach".
SELLAND NorwegianFrom the Old Norse habitational name
Seljuland, from
selja "willow" and
land "land", "farm".
SEM NorwegianNorwegian: habitational name from any of about fifteen farms so named, a variant of
Seim.
SETHER NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads named Seter or Sæter.
SKELTON English, German, Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from places in Cumbria and Yorkshire, England, originally named with the same elements as
Shelton, but with a later change of ‘s’ to ‘sk’ under Scandinavian influence.
SORLIE NorwegianHabitational name from a common farm name, Sørli, composed of the elements sør ‘south’ + li ‘slope’, ‘hillside’.
STAVIG NorwegianCombination of Old Norse
stafr "pole" and
vik "bay". This was the name of a farmstead in Norway.
STENSETH Norwegianhabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, notably in eastern Norway, named Steinset, from either the noun stein ‘stone’ or the same word as a personal name + set ‘farmstead’....
[more] STOLTENBERG German, NorwegianHabitational name from places so called in Pomerania and Rhineland. A famous bearer is Jens Stoltenberg (b. 1959), Prime Minister of Norway 2000-2001 and 2005-2013.
STORMO NorwegianHabitational name from any of numerous farmsteads, notably in northern Norway, so named from stor meaning "big" + mo meaning "moor", "heath".
TVEIT NorwegianNorwegian habitational name derived from Old Norse
þveit "clearing".
ULVESTAD Norwegian (Rare)Habitational name from any of five farmsteads, most in western Norway, named from Old Norse
ulfr meaning ‘wolf’ +
staðir, plural of
staðr meaning ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.
UNDERBERG NorwegianHabitational name from a place named with Old Norse
undir meaning "under" and
berg meaning "mountain, hill".
UTNE NorwegianIn Norwegian, probably has some pre-Germanic elements (i.e. before approx. 200 CE). Other place-names in the area also has an element of pre-Germanic and unknown origins. It has been suggested that it derives from "Út-tún", meaning the hamlet or farmstead that is "out"
VÆRNES NorwegianVærnes is a village in the municipality of Stjørdal in Nord-Trøndelag county in Mid-Norway. The original spelling of the village's name was Vannes and it is a combination of
var "calm, quiet" and
nes "headland"...
[more] VANNEBO NorwegianTaken from the farm Vanebu, spelled Vannebo in pre-1950 records. From the Norwegian words
vann, meaning water, and
bo, meaning to live or reside.
VARGEID NorwegianInvented by Sverre Kristian (then) Olsen and his brother Willy Anfinn (also then) Olsen. They thought Olsen was boring, and invented the new Vargeid.
VEA NorwegianHabitational name from any of four farmsteads so named, from the plural of Old Norse viðr meaning "wood", "tree".
VEE NorwegianHabitational name from farmsteads named Ve, for example in Hordaland and Sogn, from Old Norse
vé "sacred place".
VELTEN NorwegianNorwegian habitational name from any of several farmsteads, mainly in Hedmark, named with
velte ‘log pile’.
WAGLE NorwegianA habitational name derived from farmsteads in Rogaland named Vagle, from the Old Norse
vagl meaning a '‘perch’' or '‘roost'’, referring to a high ridge between two lakes.