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Pages in category "Swedish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 751 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Surnames of Swedish origin" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adlercreutz;
This was a period which produced a myriad of two-word Swedish family names for the nobility; very favoured prefixes were Adler– (German for 'eagle'), Ehren– (German for 'honor', Swedish ära), Silfver– ('silver') and Gyllen– or Gylden-('golden' or 'gilded'). Unlike a British peerage title ("Lord Somewhere"), such a name became the new ...
Surnames of Swedish origin (2 C, 60 P) ... The following 71 pages are in this category, out of 71 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aa (surname)
The most common Danish family name surnames are patronymic and end in -sen; for example Rasmussen, originally meaning "son of Rasmus" (Rasmus' son).Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son".
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Swedish-language surnames (750 P) Pages in category "Sámi-language surnames" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...