Vangsness Family History
Vangsness Name Meaning
Norwegian: old variant of Vangsnes (and in North America probably also an altered form of this) a habitational name from a farmstead in Sogn named Vangsnes probably from Old Norse vangsni ‘plowshare’ (indicating a reef of that shape) + nes ‘headland promontory’. Compare Wangsness .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022