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Help[Surname] Re: The name lagerstedt
in reply to a message by thegriffon
This name comes from Swedish, so the first element may rather come from Swedish 'lager' which means "laurel (tree)".
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Except the laurel doesn't grow in Sweden. It's Mediterranean. Aside from camp, the other meaning in Swedish, borrowed from German, is storehouse (where things rather than people are laid down). Even if a developer wanted to imply there were laurels, I don't think a lot of people would think of that.
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