The cullum Surname
cullum Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name, in part probably from places in Oxfordshire and Berkshire called Culham. The first is named with an Old English personal name Cula + hamm ‘river meadow’; the Berkshire name is from Old English cyln ‘kiln’ + Old English ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘river meadow’.
- Scottish: reduced form of McCollum.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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