Sorensen

Origine et histoire

Patronymic surname meaning 'son of Soren', the Danish form of Severin, from the Latin Severinus, derived from 'severus', meaning 'stern' or 'serious'. The name gained traction in Denmark partly through Saint Severin of Noricum, a 5th-century missionary, and was consolidated as a distinctively Scandinavian given name. The letter o-with-stroke (o-umlaut) marks it as authentically Danish; the Norwegian equivalent is Sorensen without the diacritic. Approximately 150,000 Danes bear this name.