Svendsen.
a surname originating as a patronymic, originally meaning “son of Svend”
Meaning & usage
a surname originating as a patronymic, originally meaning “son of Svend”
Where this word comes from
From Svend (“male given name”) + -sen (“patronymic suffix meaning “son of””), originally a patronymic meaning “son of Svend”. The first element is Danish Svend m, the Danish form of Svein, ultimately from Old Norse Sveinn m, a personal name based on sveinn (“young man, servant”). Compare the parallel Norwegian formation Svensen (“patronymic surname”), Danish Svendsen, Swedish Svensson and Icelandic Sveinsson (“patronymic surname”).
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