The lind Surname
lind Name Meaning and History
- Scandinavian, English, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name for someone who lived by a lime tree, Middle English lind. As a Jewish and Swedish name, it is often of ornamental origin.
- South German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a gentle, tolerant man, from Middle High German lint, linde ‘gentle’, ‘mild’.
- North German and Danish: habitational name from any of various places named with Lind ‘lime tree’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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