English and German: from Middle Low German stump ‘tree
stump’ (borrowed into Middle English), hence a topographic name for
someone who lived by a conspicuous tree stump, or a nickname for a
short, stout man.
German (mainly northern and central):
variant of Stumm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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