Aalsmeer (The Netherlands)
in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 23 words.
A municipality with a name meaning ‘Eel Lake’ from aal ‘eel’, and meer ‘lake’ which was known for its eels.
Aalto
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 24 words.
Finnish: ornamental name from aalto ‘wave’.
given names Finnish 23%; Scandinavian 4%. Tauno (5), Ensio, Pentti, Reino,
Aamodt
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 50 words.
Norwegian and Swedish (Åmot): topographic name for someone who lived by the confluence of two streams, from aa
Aamot
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 13 words.
Norwegian and Swedish: variant of Aamodt.
given name Scandinavian 10%. Aagot.
Aanenson
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 22 words.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Ånund, from Old Norse Onundr (‘ancestor’ + ‘victor’).
given names Scandinavian 6%. Obert
Aarau (Switzerland)
in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 64 words.
Located on the River Aare from which it gets its name. Au is a form of Aue ‘meadow’. Founded in
Aardema
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 27 words.
Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Aart, a local variant of Arend, + -ma, Frisian suffix of
Aargau
in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
Published online January 2010.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 43 words.
(French: Argovie), Switzerland
A canton which joined the Swiss Confederation in 1803. It is drained by the River Aare
Aarhus
in Dictionary of American Family Names
January 2003; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 33 words.
Norwegian (Århus): habitational name from any of 15 or so farms so named, from Old Norse á ‘river’
Aaron
in A Dictionary of First Names
January 2006; published online January 2006.
Reference Entry. Subjects: names studies. 110 words.
Biblical name, borne by the brother of Moses, who was appointed by God to be Moses' spokesman and became the