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strand Name Meaning and History
- North German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by the seashore, from Middle Low German, Danish, Swedish strand ‘shore’ . In some cases the Swedish name may have been ornamental.
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads so named, from strand ‘shore’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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