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Pages in category "Danish feminine given names" The following 115 pages are in this category, out of 115 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Pages in category "Danish-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 354 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Danish feminine given names (115 P) F. Faroese feminine given names (6 P) I. Icelandic feminine given names (73 P) N. Norwegian feminine given names (153 P) S.
Descendants of Danish or Norwegian immigrants to the United States frequently have similar names ending in the suffix "-sen" or have changed the spelling to "-son". Approximately one-third of the Danish population bear one of the ten most common surnames. More than two-thirds have a patronym ending in -sen in their full name.
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
After coming to America, most Danes bearing the Juhl name changed the pronunciation to avoid confusion. ('J' represents a different sound in Continental Germanic languages than it is in English). Some Danish Americans with the Juhl surname, and especially with the Juul surname, changed the spelling (Danish Juhl or Juul > English Yule ) in order ...
Danish toponymic surnames (1 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Danish origin" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect ...
Christian Mortensen, Danish-born supercentenarian, was longest-lived man on record at the time of his death; Arthur Nielsen, American market analyst of Danish descent who founded the ACNielsen company and Nielsen Media Research, best known for the Nielsen ratings; George Nissen, inventor of the trampoline, was the son of Danish immigrants