The ranum Surname
ranum Name Meaning and History
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads named in Old Norse as either Ranheimr or Randheimr, the second element in each case being heimr ‘home’, ‘farmstead’, the first elements being respectively rani ‘muzzle’, ‘nose’ (with reference to a natural formation, such as a mountain or rocky outcrop so shaped), and rand ‘edge’, ‘brink’.
- Danish: habitational name from a place name with the same derivation as Randheimr (see 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Ranum family from MT |
 Austali
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| Sue A. Ranum, 59 |
JIWelsch
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| Ranum |
papasnake
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| INGEMANN ELIASSEN RANUM, b. 06-1863; m. KATRINE OLSDOTTER; b. Namsos |
ahildrum
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| looking for kirkland families | jody-ann kirkland | 0 |
| lost relative | saundramulkey | 0 |
| Trying to find a relative | Beverley Muir | 1 |
| HALLE EDVARD LAURITS ELIASSEN RANUM, b. 01-12-1861; m. NETHIE PETTERSON; b. USA |
ahildrum
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