Sorrensen Family Crest and Last Name Background

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

Family name meaning

Many Sorrensen families will find their roots under Sorensen, the form most records use. Read literally, Sorrensen points to “Son of Søren (Severinus)”.

Sorrensen adds “r” to Sorensen, a small change that appeared as the name was written down. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Related forms: Sørenssen, Soerensen and Sorenson.

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