Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of five farmsteads so named, notably in Hedmark. The first element is probably a river name derived from Old Norse skráma ‘shine’; the second, stad, is from Old Norse staðir ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe