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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of Norwegian Om(m)undsen, a patronymic from Om{m}und, from the Nordic personal name [Ohook]gmundr, composed of the elements agi ‘awe’ (or possibly ag ‘point of a sword’) + mund ‘protection’. Compare Amundsen.

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