Begum Family History
Begum Name Meaning
Muslim (mainly the Indian subcontinent): honorific title for a respectable lady the feminine equivalent of Beg normally used with a Muslim lady's personal name. — Note: Originally this is not a surname although a woman without another surname might use it as her last name. In any case it was registered as a surname after immigration of its bearers to the US.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022