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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Variant spelling of Swedish Alsten, an ornamental name composed of the elements al ‘alder’ + sten ‘stone’.
  • Dutch : from a Germanic personal name meaning ‘noble stone’. The variants van Alsteen and van Alstein are also found, suggesting that this may be a habitational name from an unidentified place.

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