Western Family History

Western Name Meaning

English: from Middle English westerne ‘western’, denoting ‘(the man from the) west’. Compare West and Wester .

Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Vestern, found in two places, a compound of vest ‘west’ + vin ‘meadow’, denoting a farm to the west.

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Western,

West

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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