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Norse invaders ruled much of northern England, in the 9th and 10th centuries, and left English surnames of Norse origin in the area now called the Danelaw. [1] [2]
The rural population only reluctantly gave up the traditional primary patronyms. Several naming acts replaced the first; in 1856, 1904, 1961, 1981, 2005. The result of the first act was that most people took a patronymic surname as their heritable family name, with the overwhelming dominance of a few surnames as a consequence.
A. Aabel; Aaberge; Aabrek; Aabrekk; Aagaard; Aakvaag; Aalberg; Aalefjær; Aalien; Aall; Åmås; Aambø; Aamland; Aamlid; Aamo; Aamodt; Aandahl; Aandalen; Aanderaa ...
The surname Story (and its variant spelling Storey) is English, but Old Norse in origin. [1] The name originates from the Old Norse personal epithet “Stóri”, a derivative of “Storr” which means “large” or “big”. It has been established that the root of the name is “Storr”.
The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, Eirik, or Eiríkur is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr [ˈɛiˌriːkz̠] (or Eríkr [ˈeˌriːkz̠] in Old East Norse due to monophthongization).
There is some disagreement about whether the native name of Norway originally had the same etymology as the English form. According to the traditional dominant view, the first component was originally norðr, a cognate of English north, so the full name was Norðr vegr, "the way northwards", referring to the sailing route along the Norwegian coast, and contrasting with suðrvegar "southern way ...
Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (Gunnarr in Old Norse [1]).The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior").
The English surname Thurston is presumably derived from this given name. The English given name Dustin is derived from a surname which in origin has been derived in turn from the Norman name Tustin , variant form of Turstin , Tostain , Toutain , etc. themselves from Old Norse given name Þorsteinn .