American Family Name Origins:
Thygesen
Frequency: (145)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Danish and Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Tyge, Old Danish Tȳki, a short form of any of various names beginning with þórr- (see Thor).
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 15%. Ejnar (2), Bent, Birgit, Erik, Helmer, Uffe.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
