Surname Elements B

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This list contains surname elements and their meanings used in farm names, nobility names and ornamental names:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V/W X Y Z Å Ä/Æ Ö/Ø

  • back – see bakke
  • bak – see bakke
  • bakk – see bakke
  • bakke (back, bak, bakk, bakke, bakken)
    • Old Norse bakki = 'ridge', 'bank'
  • bakken – see bakke
  • bech – see bek
  • beck – see bek
  • bek (bech, beck, bek, bäck, bæk)
    • Old Norse bekkr = 'beck', 'brook'; 'bench' (see also BEKK)
  • berg (berg, berge, bergen, bergh, bjerge, bjerre, bjærg)
    • Old Norse berg = 'rock', 'boulder'; 'cliff', 'precipice'
  • berge – see berg
  • bergen – see berg
  • bergh – see berg
  • birch – see björk
  • birk – see björk
  • birke – see björk
  • bjerge – see berg
  • bjerre – see berg
  • bjærg – see berg
  • bjuv
    • Old Norse bjúgr = 'bowed', 'hooked', 'crooked', 'bent'
  • björk (birch, birk, birke, björk, bjørk, björke)
    • Old Norse bjǫrk = 'birch', 'birchtree'
  • bjørk – see björk
  • björke - see björk
  • blaa – see blå
  • blad (blad, bladt)
    • Old Norse blað = 'leaf'
  • bladt – see blad
  • blom
    • Old Norse blóm = 'bloom', 'blossom', 'flower' (see also BLOM)
  • blå (blaa, blå)
    • Old Norse blár = 'blue', 'black' (see also BLA)
  • bo – see bu
  • boe – see bu
  • bog (bog, bogh)
    • Old Norse bugr = 'bend', 'curve' (of a fjord or a river)
    • from the given name Baugr
    • from the byname bukkr = 'buck', 'he-goat'
  • bogh – see bog
  • bol
    • Old Norse ból = 'farm'
  • bom
    • Low German boom = 'tree'
  • bonde (bonde, bund, bunde)
    • Old Norse bóndi = 'husbandman', 'farmer', 'peasant'; 'yeoman', 'franklin', 'landowner'; 'master', 'head of a household'
  • borg (borg, borgh)
    • Old Norse borg = 'small dome-shaped hill'; 'fortified town', 'city'; 'stronghold', 'fortification', 'castle' (see also BORG)
  • borgh – see borg
  • breid (bred, brede, brei, breid, breida)
    • Old Norse breiðr = 'broad', 'wide'
  • brein – see brenn
  • brek – see brekke
  • brekke (brek, brekke)
    • Old Norse brekka = 'slope'
  • brenn (brein, brenn)
    • 'burned woodland' from Old Norse brenna = 'to burn'
  • bro
    • Old Norse brú = 'bridge'
  • brun (brun, bruun)
    • Old Norse brúnn = 'brown'
  • bu (bo, boe, bu)
    • Old Norse = 'house', 'household', 'home'
  • bund – see bonde
  • bunde – see bonde
  • by (by, bye, bø, bøe)
    • Old Norse bœr/býr = 'farmhouse', 'farmstead'; 'farm', 'landed estate'; 'town'
  • bye - see by
  • bäck – see bek
  • bæk – see bek
  • bø – see by
  • bøe – see by
  • bøl
    • Old Norse bœli = 'farm', 'dwelling'; 'den', 'lair'