Given name & surname
Gum
“man”
Gum is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a north/Low German surname, it goes back to a word meaning “man.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As a north/Low German surname, it comes from Old Saxon gumo.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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