What is "westergaard"

Westergaard is a Danish surname, literally meaning west farm. Note that the double a is equivalent of å in common nouns and is retained from the pre-1948 orthography in proper nouns only. The form Vestergaard is a more common cognate. Notable people with the surname include:

• Harald Ludvig Westergaard (1853–1936), Danish statistician and economist
• Harold M. Westergaard (1888–1950), Danish professor of theoretical and applied mechanics
• Kurt Westergaard (born 1935), Danish cartoonist
• Niels Ludvig Westergaard (1815–1878), Danish orientalist
• Peter Westergaard (born 1931), American composer and music theorist