Aune Family History

Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name found in several places in Norway derived from Old Norse authn ‘wasteland desolate place’. This became common as a habitational name in the 15th and 16th centuries when places that had been deserted as a result of the Black Death were resettled.

Compare Oun. French: topographic name denoting someone who lived by an alder tree from Old French aulne ‘alder tree’ (from Latin alnus).