Swedish and Danish: from sund ‘strait’, ‘sound’,
probably an arbitrarily adopted or ornamental surname, but possibly a
topographic name adopted by someone who lived near the shore by a
strait.
Norwegian: habitational name from any of twenty-five
or more farmsteads, mainly in Nordland, so named from Old Norse
sund ‘strait’, ‘sound’.
English: nickname for a
healthy or prosperous man, from Middle English sund,
sound ‘sound’, ‘healthy’.
English: topographic name
from Middle English sund, sound ‘water’, ‘strait’,
‘sound’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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