Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from a place in Akershus, which is apparently named from Old Norse agn{o,}r ‘fishhook’, ‘harpoon barb’, presumably with reference to some topographic feature such as the shape of a neighboring mountain or a crook in a stream.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe