Rahm Family History
Rahm Name Meaning
German:: topographic name from Middle High German Middle Low German rām(e) ‘end target mark’ or a habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Rhineland named with this word. This surname (in any of the possible senses; see also below) is also found in France (Alsace). from Middle High German Middle Low German rām ‘soot’ possibly a metonymic occupational name for a blacksmith or charcoal burner or a nickname for a dirty person. metonymic occupational name for a maker of frames (windows looms and the like) from Middle High German rame ‘stand rack frame’. (Rähm): variant of Rehm .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022