Origin
Boom : Dutch and North German: from Middle Dutch boom Middle Low German bōm ‘tree’ hence a nickname for a particularly tall person or a topographic name for someone who lived by a tree that was particularly conspicuous.
Bomkamp : North German and Dutch (northeastern Netherlands): topographic name composed of Middle Low German bōm Dutch boom ‘tree’ + kamp ‘field domain’. In North America this surname may also be an altered form of the more common Dutch variant Boomkamp.
Boomer : 1: Dutch: occupational name for a guard at a barrier (Dutch slagboom) or for a lumberjack (with reference to boom ‘tree’).2: Americanized form of German Böhmer (see Boehmer) or Baumer or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.3: Irish (Antrim): unexplained reportedly brought to Northern Ireland by French Huguenot refugees in the early 18th century.
Boomsma : West Frisian and Dutch: habitational name for someone from a place called Boom ‘tree’ composed with the Frisian suffix -ma which originally denoted ‘(one of the) men of’.
Bura : 1: Polish: probably a nickname from bura ‘wrangle rumpus row’. Alternatively it may be a derivative of the old personal name Bur Bury (from bury ‘dun grayish-brown’ or burzyć ‘to thunder to boom to rage’).2: Croatian: nickname from bura the name of a changeable northern wind in the Adriatic Sea. See also Buric 3.3: Romanian: nickname from bură ‘drizzle’ archaically also ‘storm’ (compare 2 above).4: Indian (Gujarat): from the name of a Muslim community; it is a variant of Borah which is in turn a variant of Vohra.
Butter : 1: Dutch and German: occupational name for a dairyman or seller of butter from Middle Dutch butter and Middle High German buter.2: English: occupational name for a dairyman a shortened form of Middle English buterer ‘maker or seller of butter’. Alternatively it may be a nickname from Middle English buter(e) ‘butter’.3: English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who was in charge of provisions the keeper of a buttery or wine store (from Old French boter).4: English (of Norman origin): possibly a shortened variant of Bultitude from Anglo-Norman French bote torte ‘twisted boot’ (bote ‘boot’ + torte ‘twisted’) from which arose the name Botetourt County Virginia.5: English: occasionally perhaps a nickname from Middle English botor Old French butor ‘bittern’ a bird that is noted for its boom in the breeding season; it was sometimes known as ‘the bull of the bog’.
Hoogenboom : Dutch: habitational or topographic name from any of several houses so called marked by a tall tree a compound of hoog ‘high tall’ + boom ‘tree’.
Vandenboom : Dutch (Van den Boom): topographic name for someone who lived by a boom ‘tree’ or ‘barrier’ or a habitational name for someone from any of various places called with this word.
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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