Frequency: (613)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Swedish and Danish: ornamental name composed of the elements väster ‘western’ + lund ‘grove’, or a habitational name from a place so named.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 7%. Erik (4), Dagny, Iver, Knute, Nils.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
