American Family Name Origins:
Aardema
Frequency: (155)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Aart, a local variant of Arend, + -ma, Frisian suffix of origin.
GIVEN NAMES: Dutch 4%. Frans (2), Klaas.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
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