Origin and popularity of the name BLUM

Origin

Blum : 1: German (rarely Blüm): from Middle High German bluom ‘flower’ hence an occupational name for a flower gardener or a florist. The surname Blum is also found in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine). Compare Bluem.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Blume Yiddish blum ‘flower’.3: Swedish: variant of Blom 1.

Bleam : Americanized form of German Blüm (see Blum 1) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.

Bloomfield : 1: Americanized form of Jewish Blumfeld: artificial compound of Yiddish blum ‘flower’ + feld ‘field’.2: English (East Anglia): from Blundeville Norman habitational name from Blonville-sur-Mer in Calvados France. The first element is probably an Old Norse personal name; the second is Old French ville ‘settlement’. In the 16th and 17th centuries in England the endings -field and -ville were often used interchangeably; one branch of the Blundeville family continued using the -ville spelling while another chose Blom(e)field or Bloomfield.

Blumberg : 1: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial compound meaning ‘flower hill’ (from Yiddish blum or German Blume ‘flower’ + German berg ‘mountain hill’).2: German: habitational name from any of various places called Blumberg for instance in the Blackforest (Baden-Württemberg). Compare Bloomberg.

Blumer : 1: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name based on Yiddish blum or German Blume ‘flower’.2: English (Durham): variant of Bloomer.3: German (mainly Blümer): variant of Blum.

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