Gloppen

gloppen Norwegian Bokmål Gloppen no thumb|Views of Gloppen. Etymology nb non Gloppi, originally the name of the fjord now called nb Gloppefjorden. The name is probably related to Old Norse non gloppa, the source of nb gloppe narrow opening; cleft, ravine, and likely refers to the fjord's narrow mouth between nb Anda and nb Hestenesøyra. The surname is habitational, from the place name. Pronunciation nb /ˈɡlɔpː.ən/ local, of the place name nb /ˈɡlœpː.ən/ nb ɔpːən œpːən 2 nb Glop pen Proper noun nb proper noun nb municipality district/Nordfjord county:also/Vestland c:also/Norway, whose administrative centre is Sandane nb place names a habitational surname from the place name nb Gloppen Usage notes Locally, the place name is pronounced approximately as if written Gløppen. The traditional dialectal dative form is Gløppa. Derived terms nb Gloppefjorden fjord in Gloppen nb gloppendialekt dialect spoken in Gloppen nb glopper person from Gloppen Descendants en Gloppen 1 Statistics According to Statistics Norway, 230 people in Norway bore nb Gloppen as a surname as of 31 December 2025.“Etternavn”, Statistics Norway. References “Gloppen” in Store norske leksikon. “Gloppen” in NRK-språket. “Gloppen” in Norske stadnamn. “Gloppen kommune” in the Norwegian Mapping Authority's Central Place Name Register. gloppe Gloppen no