Nygaard (surname)

Nygaard (also spelled Nygård or Nygard) is a surname of Scandinavian origin, derived from the compound of Old Norse words ny 'new' and garðr (modern gård or gaard 'farm', 'yard', or 'enclosure'. The name originated as a toponymic or habitational surname referring to someone who lived on or near a newly established farmstead.^[1]

The components ny and gård together denote 'new farm' or 'new homestead'. This compound is found across Scandinavian languages; Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish as Nygaard (often anglicized) or Nygård (retaining the letter å), and occasionally simplified as Nygard in English-speaking contexts.^[2] The variant forms also appear in genealogical databases as Nyegard, Nigaard, and others.^[3]

• Agnes Nygaard Haug (born 1933), Norwegian judge
• Alfons Nygaard (born 2002), Swedish footballer
• Andreas Nygaard (1878–1963), Norwegian politician
• Anne-Pia Nygård (born 1977), Norwegian writer
• Arne Nygaard (born 1957), Norwegian organizational theorist
• Arne Nygård-Nilssen (1899–1958), Norwegian art historian, publicist, and magazine editor
• Åse Nygård Pedersen (fl. 1978–1984), Norwegian handball player
• Bob Nygaard (fl. from 2008), American private investigator
• Camilla Martin Nygaard (born 1974), Danish badminton player
• Christoffer Nygaard (born 1986), Danish auto racing driver
• Damien Nygaard (born 1945), Australian football player
• Eldon Nygaard (born 1946), American politician
• Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (1913–2011), Norwegian pianist and musicologist
• Finn Nygaard (born 1955), graphic designer from Denmark
• Gulborg Nygaard (1902–1991), Norwegian politician
• Gunhild Nygaard (born 1965), Norwegian fashion designer
• Gunnar Nygaard (disambiguation)
• Herluf Nygaard (1916–2001), Norwegian military officer
• Hermund Nygård (born 1979), Norwegian jazz musician
• Hjalmar Nygaard (disambiguation)
• Rain (gamer) (Håvard Nygaard, born 1994), Norwegian Counter-Strike player
• Jeff Nygaard (born 1972), American beach volleyball player
• Jens Nygaard (1931–2001), American orchestra conductor
• Jens Nygård (born 1978), Finnish footballer
• Jens Nygård (sport shooter) (1934–2005), Norwegian sports shooter
• Joakim Nygård (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey forward
• Jon Nygaard (born 1946), Norwegian Ibsen scholar
• Jon-Ivar Nygård (born 1973), Norwegian politician
• Jorun Askersrud Nygaard (1929–2012, Norwegian cross country skier and athlete
• Karl Emil Nygard (1906–1984), American communist politician
• Kristen Nygaard (1926–2002), Norwegian computer programmer and politician
• Kristen Nygaard (footballer) (born 1949), Danish footballer
• Marc Nygaard (born 1976), Danish footballer
• Margaret Nygard (1925–1995), British-American environmentalist and conservationist
• Marius Nygaard (disambiguation)
• Mathias Nygård, or Warlord Nygård, vocalist of Finnish folk metal band Turisas
• Nils Nygaard (1932–2015), Norwegian law professor
• Oddvar Nygaard (1919–1985), Norwegian accordionist and composer
• Olaf Nygaard (1894–1978), Norwegian cyclist
• Olav Nygard (1884–1924), Norwegian poet
• Olivia Lykke Nygaard (born 2001), Norwegian handball player
• Peter Nygård (born 1941), Finnish-Canadian fashion executive
• Petri Nygård (born 1974), Finnish rap artist
• Ragnhild Nygaard (born 1944), Norwegian actress
• Rainer Nygård, Finnish guitar player of Diablo
• Rikke Nygard (born 2000), Norwegian footballer
• Roger Nygard (born 1962), American film director and producer
• Richard Lowell Nygaard (born 1940), American judge
• Safiya Nygaard (born 1992), American YouTuber
• Trygve Nygaard (born 1975), Norwegian footballer
• Vanessa Nygaard (born 1975), American basketball player and coach
• William Nygaard (born 1943), Norwegian publisher, head of Aschehoug
• William Martin Nygaard (1865–1952), Norwegian publisher and politician, head of Aschehoug

• Lester Nygaard, in TV series Fargo

• All pages with titles containing Nygaard
• All pages with titles containing Nygard
• All pages with titles containing Nygård
• Johan Nygaardsvold, Norwegian politician