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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Americanized spelling of Norwegian Stenersen, a patronymic from Stener, itself from the Old Norse personal name Steinarr, derived from steinn ‘stone’ + -ar ‘warrior’, ‘spear’, or ‘patron’.

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