Given name & surname · also North Germanic
Magnuson
“great”
Magnuson is a surname from North Germanic, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Magnuson comes from North Germanic, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Magnuson as a surname developed from MAGNUSSEN. In English usage, Magnuson as a surname developed from Magnusson.
Magnuson’s family of names
In English usage, Magnuson as a surname developed from the Norwegian form MAGNUSSEN. In Swedish usage, Magnuson as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form MANSON. In English usage, Magnuson as a surname developed from the Swedish form Magnusson.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Magnuson has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
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Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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