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Question:My last name is Frost. Where did this name originiate? I know some family is from Eastern europe, but thats it.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My last name is Frost. Where did this name originiate? I know some family is from Eastern europe, but thats it.

This is what I found on www.ancestry.com,
Frost
English, German, Danish, and Swedish: nickname for someone of an icy and unbending disposition or who had white hair or a white beard, from Old English, Old High German, Old Norse frost ‘frost’, or in the case of the Swedish name from a byname with the same meaning.
Hope this helps.

Unless the name was changed in spelling at some point, the name is Anglo in origin.

The meaning of the surname FROST is - the descendant of Frost (one born at the time of the frost); one cold in behavior or temperament.