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From: "Svend Aage Mikkelsen" <>
Subject: [GEN-NORDIC] Re: Strange Dane Names
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 20:52:53 +0200
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"Roger Jensen" <> skrev i en meddelelse
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>
> What or why are the names SKREDDER and BRAM used? I have also recently
came
> across STEEN as a ladies surname. These obscure names seem to have been
> added to the proper surname and certainly seem totally out of character
for
> traditional Danish names????
>

Skredder (skrdder) means tailor. With more Jens Larsen in a parish
additional names, often occopations or names of places where they came from
or were born, were used to differ the people. BRAM may be a place name.
Later the additional name could be used as surname.

Svend Aage


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