[Surname] Re: Syndergaard
by Jim Young (guest)
3/14/2006, 3:20 AM
It looks Nordic and a place-name. The spelling has probably changed. As it stand it appears to mean "sinner's yard/enclosure". I suspect it might originally have been more like Sondergard. If so it probably identifies a piece of land formerly part of a larger estate, later fenced off.