Etymology

Thornquist

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Today it means: A surname from Swedish. Full definition →

Swedish Thörnqvist
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  1. Swedish · derived fromThörnqvist
  2. English todayThornquist

From Swedish Thörnqvist, an ornamental surname from a variant of torn (“thorn”) + kvist (“twig”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.