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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : patronymic from the personal name Arne.
  • Swedish : probably of the same origin as the German name, but in Swedish the suffix -ing is commonly used in forming ornamental names from many different vocabulary words and from place names, as well as from personal names; the underlying etymon could be arn ‘eagle’.

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