Norwegian Surnames
Norwegian names are used in the country of Norway in northern Europe. See also about Scandinavian names.
131 surnames in our directory
Norwegian
131Tennfjord is a Norwegian surname of locative origin, originally denoting a person from the village of Tennfjord in Haram Municipality, Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The village of Tennfjord is situated at the end of th...
Thomassen is a patronymic surname of Scandinavian and Dutch origin, meaning "son of Thomas." It corresponds to the English Thomson or Thompson. The name is most commonly found in Denmark and Norway, reflecting the region...
Thorsen is a patronymic surname of Danish and Norwegian origin, meaning "son of Thor." It derives from the Old Norse personal name Þórr, the god of thunder in Norse mythology. The name reflects the common Scandinavian tr...
Tveit is a Norwegian surname with a rich geographical and historical origin. It is a habitational name derived from the Old Norse word þveit, meaning "clearing". This term referred to a piece of land cleared for farming...
Vang is a surname with Danish and Norwegian usage, chiefly a variant of Wang 4. This name derives from Old High German wang or Old Norse vangr, denoting a "grassy slope" or "meadow". The connection to landscape was typic...
Vik is a Norwegian surname derived from the Old Norse word vík, meaning “cove” or “inlet.” It is a topographic name for someone who lived near a small bay or inlet, a common feature along Norway’s coastline. As one of th...
Vinter is a Scandinavian surname that originates as a variant of Winter. In Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish, vinter is the word for the winter season, derived from Old Norse vetr, cognate with Old English winter. The surn...
Voll is a Norwegian surname, originally denoting a person who lived in a meadow or field. The name derives from the Old Norse word vǫllr, meaning 'meadow' or 'field,' and belongs to the category of habitational or topogr...
EtymologyVollan is a Norwegian surname. It is a variant of Voll 1, which originally indicated a person who lived in a meadow, from Old Norse vǫllr ("meadow, field"). The addition of the suffix -an likely suggests a defin...
Wang is a German, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish surname derived from the Old High German wang or Old Norse vangr, meaning "grassy slope, meadow." The name originates as a topographic surname for someone who lived on or...
Wolff is a surname primarily found in Danish, German, and Norwegian contexts. It is a variant of Wolf, which itself originates as a short form of names like Wolfgang and Wolfram, all containing the Old German element wol...