Surname
Alströmer
“alder tree”·“stream”
Alströmer is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alströmer is built from elements meaning “alder tree” and “stream”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse ǫlr, from Old Norse straumr, built from Swedish al (“alder tree”) + ström (“stream”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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