Meaning & origin
What it means
Fossen goes back to Norwegian Fossen, meaning “waterfall.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Fossen’s family of names
In German usage, Fossen as a surname has a related form in Füchsle. In Greek usage, Fossen as a surname is a transliteration of Φόσσεν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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