Etymology

Tornquist

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

Swedish Törnqvist
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  1. Swedish · derived fromTörnqvist
  2. English todayTornquist

Variant of Swedish Törnqvist, an ornamental surname from torn (“thorn; tower”) and kvist (“twig”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.