Kierkegaard (surname)
Kierkegaard [ˈkʰiɐ̯kəˌkɒˀ] is a Danish surname, literally meaning church yard and colloquially meaning graveyard. Note that the double a is equivalent of å in common nouns and is retained from the pre-1948 orthography in proper nouns only.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Søren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher
- Peter Kierkegaard, Danish theologian
- Sylvia Kierkegaard, international law scholar
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