AASENNorwegian Means "the ridge" in Norwegian. Definite singular form of AAS.
AASUMScandinavian Habitation surname from farms found in several places in Scandinavia. Derived from Old Norse: aas ‘hill’ + um ‘around’. The meaning and pronunciation is the same for all forms: Åsum, Aasum, Aasumb, and Awsumb.
ÅBERGSwedish Combination of Swedish å "small river" and berg "mountain".
AHLBORNSwedish (Rare) Combination of Swedish al "alder" and -born, a Swedish surname suffix derived from German geboren "born".
AHLINSwedish Combination of Swedish al "alder" and the common Swedish surname suffix -in (ultimately derived from Latin -inus, -inius "descendant of").
ÅNGSTRÖMSwedish Combination of Swedish ånga "steam" and ström "river, current, stream". A notable bearer was Swedish physicist Anders Ångström (1814-1874), one of the founders of the science of spectroscopy... [more]
ARRHENIUSSwedish (Rare) The name of two separate family linages with no relation between each other. One family originates from Linköping, Östergötland and probably got its name from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρρην (árrhēn) "male" (taken from the last syllable of ancestor's last name, Kapfelman)... [more]
AWSUMBNorwegian Norwegian 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.
AXELLSwedish Possibly a habitational name with the combination of ax, a Swedish word for the fruiting body of a grain plant, and the common surname suffix -ell.
BÄCKLUNDSwedish Combination of Swedish bäck "brook, stream" and LUND "grove".
BACKLUNDSwedish Combination of Swedish backe "hill, slope" and LUND "grove".
BÄCKMANSwedish Combination of Swedish bäck "small stream" and man "man".
BACKMANEnglish, Swedish, German Combination of Old English bakke "spine, back" and man "man". In Swedish, the first element is more likely to be derived from Swedish backe "hill", and in German the first element can be derived from German backen "to bake"... [more]
BÄCKSTRANDSwedish Combination of Swedish bäck "stream" and strand "shore".
BÄCKSTRÖMSwedish Combination of Swedish bäck "brook" and ström "stream".
BAGGESwedish From Swedish bagge "ram (male sheep)".
BANGDanish Originally 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]
BERGINSwedish Derived from Swedish berg "mountain" and the common surname suffix -in.
BERGKVISTSwedish Combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and kvist "branch".
BERGLINSwedish Combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and the popular surname suffix -in, derived from Latin -inus, -inius meaning "descendant of". The second element could also be derived from Swedish LIND "lime tree" or lin "flax, linseed".
BERGLINDSwedish Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and lind "linden tree".
BERGLINGSwedish Combination of Swedish berg "mountain" and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to, coming from". It has also been found as a spelling variant of similarly spelled names, such as BERLIN... [more]
BERGMARKSwedish Combination of Swedish berg "mountain, hill" and mark "land, ground, field".
BERLINSwedish Of uncertain origin. The name could be a shortened form of BERGLIN. It could also be a habitational name from the city in Germany or from a place in Sweden named with ber or berg "mountain"... [more]
BERNGerman, Scandinavian, German (Swiss) German and Scandinavian: from the personal name Berno, a pet form of Bernhard. In South German it comes from the habitational name from Bern, Switzerland, notably in the south; in other parts from the personal name Berno.
BERNADOTTEFrench, Swedish Possibly from the name of a historical province in Southern France named Béarn. This was originally a French non-noble surname. French general Jean Baptise Bernadotte (1763-1844) became the king of Sweden as Charles XIV John (Swedish: Karl XIV Johan) in 1818 and founded the current royal house in Sweden, House of Bernadotte.
BESKOWSwedish Derived from the name of the city Beeskow in Germany. A notable bearer was Swedish author and illustrator Elsa Beskow (1874-1953).
BILDTSwedish, Danish Bildt 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]
BIRCHEnglish, 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]
BIRKELANDNorwegian Derived 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.
BJÖRKLUNDSwedish Combination of Swedish björk "birch" and lund "grove".
BJØRKLUNDNorwegian From any of several farms named with Norwegian bjørk "birch" and lund "grove".
BJÖRNSwedish Means "bear" in Swedish. Either taken directly from the given name (see BJÖRN) or from a nickname for a big, hairy person. It may also be derived from a place named with the element björn.
BLASIUSGerman, Dutch, Scandinavian From the Latin personal name Blasius. This was a Roman family name, originating as a byname for someone with some defect, either of speech or gait, from Latin blaesus "stammering" (compare Greek blaisos "bow-legged")... [more]
BLIXTSwedish From Swedish blixt "lightning, flash".
BLOMKVISTSwedish Variant of BLOMQVIST. Mikael Blomkvist is a fictional character in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series.
BØNorwegian Variant of BØE. A notable bearer is Norwegian biathlete TARJEI Bø (b. 1988).
BODÉNSwedish Possibly a combination of Swedish bod "shed, shack, small building" and the common surname suffix -én (originally a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of"). Also a possible habitational name from places named with Bod-.
BØENorwegian Derived from Old Norse býr "farm, village, settlement" or búa "to reside".
BØENNorwegian Habitational 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).
BOMANSwedish Combination of Swedish bo (noun) "nest, farm, dwelling" and man "man".
BOMENGENEnglish (American), Norwegian (Rare) Name created from during immigration from Norway to the United States in either the late 19th or early 20th century meaning, "The farm with the big gate."
BONDESwedish, Old Swedish, Danish From Old Norse bóndi "farmer". Used as both a last name and a (rare) given name in Sweden (see BONDE for the given name and BONDESSON as an example of a patronymic derived from this name)... [more]
BONDENorwegian (Rare) From a farm named Bonde, named with Old Norse bóndi "farmer" and vin "meadow".
BORÉNSwedish Combination of an unknown first element and the common surname suffix -én (originally from Latin -enius "descendant of"). Also possible habitational name derived from places named with Bor-, such as Borås, Borensberg, and Borlänge... [more]
BORRESENDanish The 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]
BORSHEIMNorwegian (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.
BOSTRÖMSwedish Combination of Swedish bo "dwelling, home" and ström "stream, river".
BRAGASONIcelandic Patronymic used exclusively by men, derived from the Old Norse name BRAGI.
BRAGERNorwegian (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".
BRAHEDanish (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).
BRÄNNSTRÖMSwedish Combination of Swedish bränna "to burn" and ström "stream".
BRANTINGSwedish A combination of Swedish brant "steep hill" and the suffix -ing. A famous bearer was HJALMAR Branting (1860–1925), Prime Minister of Sweden in the 1920s.
BRÅTHENNorwegian Derived from Old Norse broti "land cleared for cultivation by burning". This was a common farm name in southeastern Norway.
BRATTÉNSwedish (Rare) Composed of the personal name Bratt and the common surname suffix -én (ultimately from Latin -enius "descendant of").
BUREOld Swedish, Swedish This was the name of an influential family in 16th century Sweden. The name originated from the village Bure (now known as Bureå) in Skellefteå parish in Northern Sweden. The village got its name from the nearby Bure River (Swedish: Bure älv, Bureälven) whose name was derived from the Swedish dialectal word burra "buzz, rumble".
CARLINSwedish (Rare) Combination of the given name KARL, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix -in (originally from Latin -inus "descendant of").
CARLINGSwedish From the personal name KARL, which is also a common place name prefix, and the common surname suffix -ing "belonging to".
CEDERQVISTSwedish Combination of Swedish ceder "cedar" and kvist "twig, branch".
CELSIUSSwedish (Archaic), History Latinized form of Högen "the mound" (Latin: celsus), the name of a vicarage in Ovanåker parish, Sweden. Celsius is a unit of measurement for temperature named for Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).
CLEVELANDNorwegian (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".
CRABBEnglish, Scottish, German, Dutch, Danish English 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]
DAAELiterature, Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Rare) Norwegian surname, originating in Trondheim in the 17th century. Also a variant of Daa, the name of a Danish noble family which originated in Southern Jutland in the 14th century... [more]
DAHLBERGSwedish Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and berg "mountain".
DAHLÉNSwedish Combination of Swedish dal "valley" and the common surname suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius "descendant of".
DAHLSTRÖMSwedish Derived from Swedish dal "valley" and ström "stream".
DAHMERGerman, Danish A 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).
DALENorwegian, Danish Habitational name from any of the various farmsteads called Dale in Norway. Derived from Old Norse dalr "valley".
DE GEERDutch, Swedish The name is possibly derived from the town of Geer near Liège, Belgium. The town lies along the course of the river Jeker, which is called Geer in French.
DELEURANFrench (Huguenot), Danish Huguenot surname of unknown origin. This family emigrated to Denmark in the 16th century, and now most members of the family are Danish
DRAGNorwegian (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.
EDÉNSwedish Possibly a habitational name from a place named with the element ed "isthmus". In some cases it could also be a shortened form of EDENIUS (a combination of Swedish ed "isthmus" and the Latin suffix -enius "descendant of").
EKERNNorwegian (Rare) From Old Norse ekra "meadow, field". This was the name of a farmstead in Norway.
EKHOLMSwedish Composed of the elements ek "oak" and holm "islet"
EKLANDSwedish (Rare) Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and land "land". A famous bearer is Swedish actress Britt Ekland (b. 1942), but in her case, the name is a variant of EKLUND.
EKLÖFSwedish Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and löf, an archaic spelling of löv, "leaf".
EKMANSwedish Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and man "man".
EKSTRÖMSwedish Combination of Swedish ek "oak" and ström "stream, river, current".
EKVALLSwedish Composed of Swedish ek "oak" and vall "field, pasture".
ELANDERSwedish Combination of an unexplained first element and the common Swedish surname suffix -ander (originally from Greek aner, andros "man").
ELFVINGSwedish Possibly a combination of an obsolete spelling of Swedish älv "river" and the suffix -ing (ultimately from Proto-Germanic -ingaz) meaning "coming from, belonging to, descending from"... [more]
ERLANDERSwedish Derived from the personal name ERLAND. A famous bearer was Swedish politician Tage Erlander (1901-1985), Prime Minister of Sweden between 1946 and 1969... [more]
FINSTADNorwegian Means "Finn's farmstead", from the given name FINN (2) and Old Norse staðr "farmstead, dwelling". This was the name of several farms in Norway.
FISKEEnglish, Norwegian From 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.
FIVELANDNorwegian (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.
FLINKSwedish From Swedish flink, an adjective for someone who is quick and accurate.
FLONorwegian Famous bearers include Norwegian footballers and relatives ToreANDRE, 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.
FLOBERGSwedish, 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.
FLODQVISTSwedish Combination of Swedish flod "river" and kvist "twig, branch".