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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish (Sandén) : ornamental name composed of the elements sand ‘sand’ + the common surname suffix -én, derivative of Latin -enius.
  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of numerous farmsteads throughout Norway, so named from the definite singular form of sand ‘sand’, ‘sandy plain’, ‘beach’.

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