Nordstrand Family History
Nordstrand Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements nord ‘north’ + strand ‘shore’. Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named of the same etymology as 1 above. Compare Strand . German: habitational name from Nordstrand a former island (now peninsula) in Schleswig-Holstein. This surname is very rare in Germany. Altered form of Dutch Noordstrand a cognate of 3 above (see also Van Nostrand ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022