Swedish: ornamental name from Swedish quist, an old or
ornamental spelling of kvist ‘twig’. When surnames were adopted
on a large scale in the 19th century in Sweden, this was one of the
elements that were widely used in combination with other words
denoting natural features to form surnames such as Lindqvist
and Blomqvist.Danish: nickname for a thin man, from
kvist ‘twig’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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