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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scandinavian : habitational name from a common farmstead name and place name, or an ornamental name. In either case, the name is formed with ny ‘new’ + borg ‘fortress’, ‘castle’, ‘town’; this second element is commonly applied to natural formations which resemble fortifications.

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