Karlstad Family History
Karlstad Name Meaning
Swedish: habitational name from Karlstad in western Sweden. Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farms in southeastern Norway called Karlstad from the personal name Karl + stad ‘farmstead place’. Altered form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Karlstadt: habitational name from a place so named in Franconia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022