The sorenson Surname
sorenson Name Meaning and History
- Americanized spelling of Danish and Norwegian Sørensen (see Sorensen) or the Swedish cognate Sörensson.
- Jewish (northeastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Sore (from the Hebrew female personal name Sara ‘princess’) + German Sohn ‘son’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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