Surname Elements S

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

• sand (sand, sande)
  • Old Norse sandr = 'sand'
• sande - see sand
• schiöld - see skjold
• schou - see skog
• schov - see skog
• schöld - see skjold
• see - see sjö
• set – see sæter
• seter – see sæter
• seth – see sæter
• setter - see sæter
• silver (silver, sølv)
  • Old Norse silfr = 'silver'
• sjö (see, sjö, sjø, sø, søe)
  • Old Norse sjór/sær = 'sea'
• sjø - see sjö
• skaug – see skog
• sker (sker, skär, skær)
  • Old Norse sker = 'rock in the sea', 'skerry'
• skiöld - see skjold
• skjöld - see skjold
• skjold (schiöld, schöld, skiöld, skjold, skjöld, sköld)
  • Old Norse skjǫldr = 'shield'
• skog (schou, schov, skaug, skog, skou, skov)
  • Old Norse skógr = 'wood', 'forest'
• skou - see skog
• skov – see skog
• skår
  • Old Norse skor = 'rift' (in a rock or precipice)
• skär - see sker
• skær - see sker
• sköld - see skjold
• sletta (sletta, sletten)
  • Old Norse slétta = 'plain, level field'
• smed (smed, smede)
  • Old Norse smiðr = 'smith'
• smede - see smed
• sol
  • Old Norse sól = 'sun' (see also SOL)
• sparre
  • Old Norse sparri = 'spar' (of a roof), 'rafter', 'chevron' (heraldry)
• staal - see stål
• stad (stad, sted, stedt)
  • Old Norse staðr = 'stead', 'place', 'spot'
• sted - see stad
• stedt – see stad
• steen – see stein
• stein (steen, stein, sten)
  • Old Norse steinn = 'stone'
• sten – see stein
• stierna
  • Old Norse stjarna = 'star'
• stor
  • Old Norse stórr = 'big'
• strand
  • Old Norse strǫnd = 'strand', 'coast', 'shore'
• strål - see stråle
• stråle (strål, stråle)
  • Low German strale = 'arrow', 'sting'
• ström (ström, strøm)
  • Old Norse straumr = 'stream', 'current'
• stu – see stuv
• stue – see stuv
• stuv (stu, stue, stuv)
  • Old Norse stúfr = 'stump' (of a tree), 'clearance with stumps'
• stål (staal, stål)
  • Old Norse stál = 'steel'
• støl
  • Old Norse stǫðull = 'milking-pen' (for cows)
• sund
  • Old Norse sund = 'sound', 'strait', 'channel'
• sve – see sved
• sved (sve, sved, sveen)
  • Old Norse sviða = 'woodland cleared for tillage by burning'
• sveen – see sved
• svärd
  • Old Norse sverð = 'sword'
• sæter (set, seter, seth, setter, sæter, sæther, zetter)
  • Old Norse sætr = 'mountain pastures', 'dairy lands'
• sæther – see sæter
• sø - see sjö
• søe - see sjö
• sølv - see silver
• sønder
  • Old Norse suðr = 'south', 'southern'