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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from ten farms mainly in the southeast of the country, so named from Old Norse Róaldsstaðir, from the personal name Róaldr (meaning ‘fame’, ‘honor’ + valdr ‘ruler’, ‘king’) + staðir ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

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