Meaning & origin
What it means
Limb is a form of Lum. As an English surname, Lum goes back to Middle English Lumb, meaning “pool.”
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Where it comes from
Limb is a form of Lum. Lum has more than one origin: as an English surname, it comes from Middle English Lumb; as a Chinese surname, it comes from Cantonese.
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Limb’s family of names
In English usage, Limb as a surname has a related form in LUM.
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