Hedlund
A Swedish surname meaning “heath grove” or “moor grove,” built from words for a heather-covered place and a small wooded area.
The #9,701 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 92,328 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hedlund is a Swedish compound surname formed from hed, meaning “heath,” “moor,” or “heather-covered open land,” and lund, meaning “grove” or “small wood.” Taken literally, the name suggests a person from or associated with a wooded heathland place. As with many Swedish surnames, it may originally have been a topographic or ornamental formation rather than a strict reference to one specific village.
History
The name fits a broad Swedish surname pattern that became common in the 18th to 19th centuries, when many families adopted stable inherited surnames formed from nature words. It appears especially in Sweden and among Swedish emigrant families in North America. In modern usage it is a well-established Swedish family name and is also found in other countries through migration.
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Fun fact
Because both parts are ordinary landscape words, Hedlund is easy to interpret as a place-name surname even when no single original place can be identified.
Notable people named Hedlund
- Garrett Hedlund (b. 1984)
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