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)
- 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
- bom
- 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
- brun (brun, bruun)
- Old Norse brúnn = 'brown'
- bu (bo, boe, bu)
- Old Norse bú = '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'