Lepisto Family History
Lepisto Name Meaning
Finnish (Lepistö): habitational name from farms so named from leppä ‘alder tree’ + the locative or collective suffix -sto thus referring to ‘alderwood’. Established as a hereditary surname since the 19th century in western and southern Finland. In some cases also adopted in the name-changing campaigns of the early 20th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022