Given name & surname · also Dutch

Blom

“flower”

Blom is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Swedish. It is used in English, Dutch, and Swedish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Blom goes back to a word meaning “flower.”

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Where it comes from

Blom comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Swedish.

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How it developed

From Swedish Blom.

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Blom’s family of names

In Swedish usage, Blom has a later derivative in BLOOM. In English usage, Blom as a surname has a related form in Blume. In Greek usage, Blom as a surname is a transliteration of Μπλομ.

Walk Blom’s family in the name graph

BlomΜπλομBlumeBloom

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Blom, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Swedish · Nature

Blomgren

“flower” · “branch”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Blomberg

“flower” · “mountain”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Sjoblom

“sea” · “flower”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Bystrom

“village” · “stream, river”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Hellstrom

“stone, rock” · “river, stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Ekstrom

“oak” · “river, current, stream”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Sjostrom

“sea” · “sea, current”

No U.S. birth series

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Swedish · Nature

Engstrom

“meadow” · “stream, current”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Blom’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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