Morten
Morten is a Danish and Norwegian male given name with Scandinavian-Anglic origin.
Origin and meaning
Through the Christianization of the Angles and Scandinavian countries, he was brought into connection with the Latin name Martin . Originally it means something like the man from (Hof am) Moor.
The Angles brought the name to Britain during their invasions . There the form "Morton" developed from it.
name day
(based on Martin's name day)
- November 10 (Martin Luther)
- November 11th (St. Martin of Tours )
Name bearer
- Morten Andersen (* 1960), Danish American football player
- Morten Bisgaard (* 1974), Danish football player
- Morten Bjerre (* 1972), Danish handball player
- Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737-1827), Danish zoologist and mineralogist
- Morten Voss Christiansen (* 1979), Danish track and road cyclist
- Morten Eilifsen (* 1984), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Morten Frost (* 1958), Danish badminton player
- Morten Grunwald (1934–2018), Danish actor and director
- Morten Harket (* 1959), Norwegian musician, singer and composer
- Morten Hegseth (* 1986), Norwegian journalist and presenter
- Morten Jensen (* 1987), German soccer goalkeeper
- Morten Ørsal Johansen (* 1964), Norwegian politician
- Morten Karlsen (* 1979), Danish football player
- Morten Lauridsen (* 1943), American composer
- Morten Lund (musician) (* 1972), Danish jazz musician
- Morten Lund (entrepreneur) (* 1972), Danish entrepreneur
- Morten Andreas Meyer (* 1959), Norwegian politician
- Morten Michelsen (* 1991), German handball player
- Morten Nielsen (soccer player, 1990) (* 1990), Danish soccer player
- Morten Olsen (* 1949), Danish football player and coach
- Morten Olsen (* 1984), Danish handball player
- Morten Pedersen (theologian) (1537–1595), Danish Protestant theologian, historian and astronomer
- Morten Pedersen (soccer player) (born 1972), Norwegian soccer player
- Morten Pedersen (musician) (* 1980), Danish jazz pianist
- Morten Eide Pedersen (* 1987), Norwegian cross-country skier
- Morten Gamst Pedersen (* 1981), Norwegian football player
- Morten Qvenild (* 1978), Norwegian jazz pianist
- Morten Rasmussen (soccer player, January 1985) (* 1985), Danish soccer player
- Morten Skou (* 1987), Danish handball player
- Morten Søborg (* 1964), Danish cameraman
- Morten Søndergaard (* 1964), Danish poet, writer, translator and sound artist
- Morten Stordalen (* 1968), Norwegian politician
- Morten Svartveit (* 1978), Norwegian actor
- Morten Tyldum (* 1967), Norwegian director
- Morten Veland (* 1977), Norwegian musician (metal)
- Morten Wold (* 1967), Norwegian journalist and politician
variants
- Martin
- Maarten , Merten ( Dutch variants)
- Mårten ( Swedish variant)
- Morton ( English version)
- Mort, Mortan ( Faroese variant)
Others
In Denmark , Morten Menigmand is synonymous with the German term normal consumer .
In Germany, the first name Morten became known in 1901 through Thomas Mann's novel Buddenbrooks and his character Morten Schwarzkopf.