Lonning

Lonning is a name that can refer to both a surname and a placename, predominantly in Norway and among Scandinavian communities. As a surname, Lonning is found in Norwegian families and in diaspora populations, with the variant spelling Lønning appearing in Danish and Norwegian contexts.

In toponymy, Lonning is used for several small rural places and farmsteads in Norway. These placenames typically reflect historical farm properties or geographic features and are not usually independent municipalities. The exact origin and meaning of Lonning in a given locality can vary, reflecting regional linguistic developments and historical ownership.

The use of Lonning as a surname and as a placename illustrates a common pattern in Nordic onomastics, where family names derive from farm or locality names and, conversely, placenames preserve historical identifiers of landholdings and settlements. In some cases, places named Lonning may have been named after a person or family associated with the land, or after descriptive landscape features associated with a meadow or slope, though specific etymologies differ by location.

See also: Lønning.