North German (also Öhm): kinship name from Middle Low
German om ‘maternal uncle’, ‘relative’, which was used as a
respectful form of address for older people. Compare Neve.
Norwegian: habitational name from farmsteads on the west
coast named Om or Åm, from Old Norse áum, dative plural
of á ‘small river’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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