Given name & surname · also Danish
Karlsen
Karlsen is a surname from Danish, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Danish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Karlsen comes from Danish, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Danish usage, Karlsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Karl.
Karlsen’s family of names
In Danish usage, Karlsen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Karl. In Danish usage, Karlsen as a surname has a related form in Carlsen. In Greek usage, Karlsen as a surname is a transliteration of Κάρλσεν.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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