American Family Name Origins:
Ahlgren
Frequency: (507)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements al ‘alder’ + gren ‘branch’.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 5%. Erik (2), Britt, Lennart, Nils.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
