Kate Monk's Onomastikon

(Dictionary of Names)


Norwegian Surnames

Many inherited family names were originally patronymics consisting of the father's personal name with the ending '-sen'. Surnames derived from placenames are also quite common (endings include -stad, -berg, -land, -dahl).

Aagheim Aamodt Aas
Aasen Aasgaard Abel
Abrahamsen Alsgaard Alving
Amundsen Amundson Andersen
Andreassen Andresen Andsnes
Antonisen Antonsen Arnesen
Arup Åsheim Aune
Bakke Bakken Balle
Baltzersen Berg Berge
Berntsen Birkeland Birknes
Bjoenkaer Bjoerndalen Bjone
Bjordal Bjørlo Bjornebye
Björnson Bjornstad Blix
Böcklin Bøe
Borkman Brack Brandes
Brat Brataas Bredesen
Brekke Brenden Brøgger
Brovik Buraas Burass
Christensen Christiansen Daehle
Daehlie Dahl Dahn
Dahue Danielsen Dybendahl
Edvardsen Eftevang Eggen
Eide Eliassen Elieson
Ellingsen Elvsted Engen
Enger Englund Engstrand
Eriksen Ertzgard Evensen
Fagerberg Fagernes Falck
Fjærestad Fjortoft Flemmen
Flo Folkow Fosli
Franck Fredriksen Fretheim
Fuglesang Fuglestad Furuseth
Gabler Gabrielsen Garborg
Gimle Gjeldnes Gjelland
Gjessing GrÝ nelv Grieg
Grimseth Grimsmo Gritdal
Grodas Groenvold Guidon
Gulbrandsen Gundersen Gunderson
Gunnestad Gylfason Haakonsen
Haarberg Haarland Haartz
Hagen Halskar Halvorsen
Hammer Hanevold Hanke
Hansen Hanssen Hanstveit
Hartmark Hasso Hasund
Haug Hauge Haugen
Haugland Haugsrud Heiberg
Helgeland Helgerod Helland
Helmer Henriksen Herdal
Heyerdahl Hoan Hoeg
Hoen Holm Holmann
Holth Hopen Horn
Hultgreen Hustveit Ibsen
Ingebriktsson Ingstad Isaksen
Iversen JÝ rgensen Jacobsen
Jagge Jakobsen Jasperson
Jelesens Jensen Jenssen
Jevne Johannessen Johansen
Johnsen Juell Kaland
Karlan Karlsen Kase
Kildal Kippe Kjeldaas
Kjelstrup Kjorestad Kjørsvik
Kløvstod Knudsen Knutsen
Koht Koss Krafft
Kristensen Kristiansen Kristoffersen
Krogstad Kultin Kvarme
Landa Langslet Lanser
Larsen Leirfall Leonhardsen
Lid Lie Lien
Lier Lind Lindahl
Linde Listow Ljoekelsoey
Loevaas Lorch Lous
Lövborg Ludwigsen Lund
Lunde Lyen Malmros
Malmstrom Manders Marken
Martinsen Mathiesen Mathisen
Meling Meyer Midttun
Mikkelsen Mikkelsplass Mo
Moen Mork Mostue
Munch Myhre Mykland
Myklebust Myrland Naess
Nanstveit Naustvik Neilsen
Nerhus Nielsen Nilsen
Njerve Njos Noberg
Nore Nyberg Nyg¯ rd
Odeg¯ rd Oedegaard Oesten
Olsen Omholt Orden
Orthe Ostenstad Ottesen
Paldan Paulsen Pedersen
Pederssen Pettersen Poulsen
Prydz Quisling RÝ nning
Ramsfeld Ramsfjell Rank
Rasmussen Ratkje Rekdal
Resi Retter Ribur
Riseth Rodahl Rovlund
Ruud SÝ rensen Saeterstoel
Saether Salvesen Sandvik
Schei Schjerven Schrøder
Schwane Schytte Selle
Selling Selvik Sikveland
Simonsen Sivertsen Sivertson
Sivlee Sjo Sjøvold
Skarsgaard Skarsgard Skarsgard
Skavlan Skjelbraid Skjölsvold
Skovgaard Skreien Smilla
Solbakken Solbakker Solberg
Solheim Solness Solskaer
Sondral Stamsø Steen
Stensrud Stianson Stirner
Storelid StrÝ m Strand
Strandli Svåsand Svendson
Svenoy Syversen Tangen
Tangvik Tesman Thomassen
Thonstad Thoresen Thorsen
Thue Thulesius Thune
Thymann Tobiassen Tonder
Tonsberg Torgereen Torp
Traa Tunold Tveit
Ulstein Ulving Utskjoer
Veitberg Vigeland Vik
Vind Waldum Wangel
Wangen Wassmo Wikborg
Wullum Yons Ytterhus
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This collection of names was compiled by Kate Monk and is ©1997, Kate Monk.

Copies may be made for personal use only.


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