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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Mostrøm, from Old Norse mór ‘moor’, ‘sandy plain’ + strøm ‘current’.
  • Probably Swedish (Moström) : ornamental name with the same etymology as 1.

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