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Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Scandinavian origin" The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total.
Olaf or Olav (/ ˈ oʊ l ə f /, / ˈ oʊ l ɑː f /, or British / ˈ oʊ l æ f /; Old Norse: Áleifr, Ólafr, Óleifr, Anleifr) is a Dutch, Polish, Scandinavian and German given name.It is presumably of Proto-Norse origin, reconstructed as *Anu-laibaz, from anu "ancestor, grand-father" and laibaz "heirloom, descendant".
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Grandmother names are a big decision. After all, that's what they will be called for the rest of their lives! The good news is there are plenty of grandma nicknames to choose from.
From skrækja, meaning "bawl, shout, or yell" [29] or from skrá, meaning "dried skin", in reference to the animal pelts worn by the Inuit. [29] The name the Norse Greenlanders gave the previous inhabitants of North America and Greenland. Skuggifjord Hudson Strait Straumfjörð "Current-fjord", "Stream-fjord" or "Tide-fjord". A fjord in Vinland.
From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse glotta (="to grin, smile scornfully and show the teeth") [127] gosling gæslingr (="goose") [128] grovel Shakespearean term originating from Old Norse grufe [129] guest gestr (="guest") [130] gun from Old Norse Gunnhildr (female name, both elements of the name, gunn and hildr, have the meaning "war ...
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