What does the name Ungquist mean

[Mary E Leveille]

My great grandmothers' first marriage was to a man named Ungquist. Does anyone know what this might translate to?

[Anna-Carin Betzén]

ung = young
quist = twig or sprig (modern spelling: 'kvist')

[Bo Johansson]

ung = young
quist (kvist) = twig
 
So the literal meaning is young twig but many of the Swedish two-part names doesn't relly mean anything, they are just a combination of two words.
 
Other examples are Sjöberg (lake-mountain), Bergkvist (mountain-twig), Sjölund (lake-grove) or Åberg (river-mountain).
 
// Bo Johansson

[Carin Arbman]

Ungquist is very unusual. Are you sure his namne isn't Ljungquist? (Much more common)

[Göran Weiler]

I hawe one Ungqvist in my recech who is this Ungqvist you hawe? I hawe no informaition frm my recerch taht my Ungqvist went to USA. As Carin wrote Ungqvist i WERRY unusal name.