When Kristian Torgersen was born on 22 February 1880, in Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway, his father, Torger Ellingsen Haugen, was 24 and his mother, Sigrid Christiansdatter Aasen, was 25. He lived in Holmen Kirke, Sigdal, Buskerud, Norway in 1880. He died on 2 June 1880, at the age of 0.
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Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Thor, Berger, Erik, Jorgen, Morten, Selmer, Torleif.
Norwegian: patronymic from the personal name Torger, a form of Old Norse Thorgeirr, from Thórr, the name of the Norse god of thunder (see Thor ) + geirr ‘spear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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