Finseth Family History

Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms so named, especially in the north, from finnr ‘Finn Lapp’ or the personal name Finnr (of the same etymology).

It is derived from the combination of two elements: finnr and set.

The first element, finnr, refers to the term associated with the indigenous Sámi people.

The second element, set, signifies ‘farmstead’ or ‘homestead’.

Thus, the name can be interpreted as ‘farmstead of the Finn’ or ‘Finn's farmstead’.