Given name & surname
Askim
“ash tree”·“home, homestead; farm”
Askim is a surname from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Askim is built from elements meaning “ash tree” and “home, homestead; farm”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
First recorded in 1337.
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