The bohm Surname
bohm Name Meaning and History
- German (Böhm) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a native or inhabitant of Bohemia: see Boehm.
- North German: from Middle Low German bom ‘tree’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a particularly conspicuous tree, a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a tree, or perhaps in some cases a metonymic occupational name for someone who tended trees. This is also found as a Swedish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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