Lunde Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Arms linked to Lund and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

The spelling Lunde grew out of Lund, a Swedish surname with a long paper trail. The family name meaning is “Grove”, the same as for Lund.

Lunde adds “e” to Lund, a small change that crept in as the name was written down. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. You may also find the name written Lundt and Lundh. According to the 2010 US Census, the Lunde surname had 2,989 bearers.

Want more than a summary? See the Lunde family name pack.