Kierkegaard (surname)
Kierkegaard  is a Danish surname, literally meaning church farm or 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:

Christer Kierkegaard (1918–1999), Swedish Navy rear admiral
Niels Christian Kierkegaard (1806-1882), Danish painter
Peter Kierkegaard (1805–1888), Danish theologian
Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), Danish philosopher
Sylvia Kierkegaard (1952–2015), Philippine law scholar

See also 
Helene Kirkegaard (born 1971), Danish badminton player

Danish-language surnames