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drum Name Meaning and History
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Droma ‘descendant of Droma’, a personal name, which may be from druim ‘back’, ‘ridge’ and have been given originally to someone with a deformed back.
- Scottish: habitational name from a place and castle in Aberdeenshire named from Gaelic druim ‘ridge’.
- German: nickname from Middle Low German drum, Middle High German trum ‘woodblock’, ‘uncouth person’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| DRUM m BIRLING in Milwaukee | Grove Schoolcraft | 1 |
| DRUM Family of Ireland | Jenny Stewart | 6 |
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