Meaning & origin
What it means
Mom goes back to Khmer មុំ, meaning “corner, angle.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
A transliteration of Khmer មុំ (“corner, angle”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mom’s family of names
In Greek usage, Mom as a surname is a transliteration of Μωμ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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