habitational name for someone from the city of Ulm. The
placename is from the root uel, an unattested word meaning
‘turn’, ‘wind’, ‘roll’ or from el- or ol- ‘flow’, a
reference in either case to the influx of the Blan river into the
Danube.
from the Germanic personal name Odolmar,
composed of the elements odal ‘inherited property’ +
mar ‘famous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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