Surname Elements G

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

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• gaard – see gård
• gaarden – see gård
• gad - see gade
• gade (gad, gade)
  • Old Norse gata = 'path', 'way', 'road'
• gamle - see gammel
• gammel
  • Old Norse gamall = 'old'
• gard – see gård
• gran
  • Old Norse grǫn = 'pine-tree'
• granat (granat, granath)
  • Low German granat = 'garnet'
• granath - see granat
• grav (grav, graw, graven, graver, graving, gravning, gravningen)
  • Old Norse grǫf = 'pit', 'ditch'
• graw - see grav
• graven - see grav
• graver - see grav
• graving - see grav
• gravning - see grav
• gravningen - see grav
• green – see gren
• gren (green, gren)
  • Old Norse grein = 'branch' (of a tree)
• grön (grön, grøn)
  • Old Norse grœnn = 'green'
• grøn - see grön
• guld - see gull
• gull (guld, gull)
  • Old Norse gull = 'gold' - see also GULL
• gyllen
  • Old Norse gullinn = 'golden'
• gård (gaard, gaarden, gard, gård)
  • Old Norse garðr = 'fence', 'wall'; 'enclosed space', 'yard'