Etymology

Youngstrom

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

Swedish Ungström
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  1. Swedish · derived fromLjungström
  2. Swedish · derived fromUngström
  3. English todayYoungstrom

Americanized spelling of either Swedish Ungström, which is from ung (“young”) + ström (“stream, current”), or Swedish Ljungström, from ljung (“heather”) + ström (“stream, current”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.