Given name & surname

Frum

“religious, pious, observant”

Frum is a surname with more than one origin.

Original Yiddishפֿרום

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Jewish surname, Frum goes back to Yiddish פֿרום, meaning “religious, pious, observant.”

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Where it comes from

As a Jewish surname, it comes from Yiddish פֿרום.

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How it developed

From Yiddish פֿרום (“religious, pious, observant”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Frum’s family of names

In English usage, Frum as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Abram. In English usage, Frum as a surname has a related form in FROM. In English usage, Frum as a surname has a related form in FROMM.

Walk Frum’s family in the name graph

FrumFrommFromFrommeAbramפֿרום

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

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Nicknames & forms 3

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

Across languages 2

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

Similar names

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

Yiddish

Freyde

“joy”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Yiddish

Freilich

“happy, cheerful”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Franken

Franken is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Yiddish. It is used in English and Dutch.

No U.S. birth series

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Hebrew

Keim

“existing, enduring, tough”

No U.S. birth series

50% boys · 50% girls

Yiddish

Milgram

“pomegranate”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Sjloume

Sjloume is a masculine given name from Yiddish. It is used in Dutch.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Yiddish

Fein

“fine”

No U.S. birth series

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Yiddish

Gluck

Gluck is a surname from German, ultimately from Yiddish.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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