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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (also Nylén) : ornamental name, probably formed with ny ‘new’ + the common surname suffix -en, from Latin -enius, with intrusive -l- for euphony. Alternatively the first element may have been part of a place name such as Nyland.

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