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This is a list of surnames in which the meaning contains the keyword edge.
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edge meaning
Aveskamp Dutch
From a place name meaning "edge of camp" in Dutch.
Eckstein German
From Old High German ekka meaning "edge, corner" and stein meaning "stone".
Ljungstrand Swedish
From Swedish ljung (Old Norse lyng) meaning "heather" and strand (Old Norse strǫnd) meaning "beach".
Marquardt German
From Old High German marka "border, boundary" and wart "protector". This was an occupational name for a border guard.
Merritt English
From an English place name meaning "boundary gate".
Schwarzenegger German
From a place name, derived from Old High German swarz meaning "black" and ekka meaning "edge, corner". A famous bearer of this name is actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-).
Ter Avest Dutch
Means "at the edge, eave" indicating a person who lived at the edge of a forest or under a covered shelter.
Townsend English
Indicated a person who lived at the town's edge, from Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town" and ende "end, limit".
Underwood English
Means "dweller at the edge of the woods", from Old English under and wudu.
Unterbrink Low German
Means "dweller under the slope" from Old Saxon undar "under" and brink "edge, slope".