Last name origin & meaning: English, Scottish, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German, and Dutch: from the Scandinavian personal name Magnus. This was borne by
Magnus the Good (died 1047), king of Norway, who was named for the
Emperor Charlemagne, Latin Carolus Magnus ‘Charles the
Great’. The name spread from Norway to the eastern Scandinavian royal
houses, and became popular all over Scandinavia and thence in the
English Danelaw.
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