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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the northern Middle English personal name Thurgod (Old Norse þorgautr), composed of the þórr, name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor) + the ethnic name Gautr (see Joslin).
  • English : nickname from Middle English thur(og)h ‘completely’ + gode ‘good’.

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