[#14165] Family name Eek ( from Vestfold/Ostfold), what does it mean?

[Gjest Kristin Lunde Gibbons]

My great-grandfather Johan Larsen, son of Kristen Larsen and Karn(?) was born at Borre (Horten), Vestfold, in 1844. The family moved to Fredrikshalden, now Halden, Ostfold, by 1858. Johan assumed the last name of Eek by 1890. My grandmother, his daughter, told us he chose the name because it meant woods or trees, but I don't find the word to have any meaning in Norwegian. The name has many spellings in archival records, but the family always spelled it Eek. Can anyone give me additional information?

[Gjest Astrid Ryen]

Eik or E(e)k is a farm name in Borre. You are right in assuming that it is derived from the name of a tree, because EIK means OAK.As a family name there are various spellings in the censuses, like Ek, Eek, Eeg.

[Gjest Jarl Berge]

Eek - Ek - Eeg - Eg -A common farm name in Norway and means 'oak', generally a place where there are many oak trees.

[Gjest Jarl Berge]

Eek - Ek - Eeg - Eg - EigA common farm name in Norway and means 'oak', generally a place where there are many oak trees.

[Gjest Terje Rehn Holm-Johnsen]

I guess you gggrandmother's name is Karen or Kari...Terje