Given name & surname

Lade

“to stack, pile”

Lade is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Norwegian surname, Lade goes back to Old Norse hlaða, meaning “to stack, pile.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Lade has more than one origin: as a Norwegian surname, it comes from Old Norse hlaða; as a north German surname, it comes from German; as an English surname, it comes from Old English lad.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old Norse hlaða (“to stack, pile”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lade’s family of names

In English usage, Lade as a surname has a related form in LADWIG.

Walk Lade’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Lade, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old Norse

Lalonde

Lalonde is a surname from French, ultimately from Old Norse. It is used in English, French, and Norman.

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Old Norse

Loke

“flame”

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Old Norse

Langdale

“long”

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Old Norse

Ape

“to mimic”

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Old Norse

Lewthwaite

“enclosure”

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Old Norse

Laithwaite

“barn”

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Old Norse

Lofthouse

“loft, attic” · “house”

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Old Norse

Lowthorpe

“hamlet, village”

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Sibling ideas

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