Given name & surname · also Middle English
Bloom
“ingot”
Bloom is a surname from Middle English (ultimately Dutch).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bloom goes back to Middle English blom, meaning “ingot.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Bloom comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Dutch.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Bloom as a surname developed from BLOM.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bloom through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 271
- 10 boys · 261 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #3,036 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,036 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,202 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bloom’s family of names
In English usage, Bloom as a surname developed from the Swedish form BLOM. In English usage, Bloom as a surname has a related form in BLUM.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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