Onstad

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proper noun

A surname from Norwegian.

OriginNorwegian Onstad →
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Meanings

proper nounOnstad (plural Onstads)

plural Onstads

  1. A surname from Norwegian.

Origin

  1. NorwegianOnstad
  2. EnglishOnstad

Borrowed from Norwegian Onstad, named after several farmsteads in Norway, many of which were prefixed with Old Norse names followed by staðr (“farmstead”); for example, Augunarstaðir (“Auðun's farm”), from auðr (“wealth”) + un (“friend”) (see vinr) + staðr.

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APA

Onstad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Onstad

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