Släkthistoria för Proom
Proom Vad efternamn betyder
of uncertain origin. It might be a variant of Plume with [r] for [l]. Compare James Plum 1583 Edmund Plume 1746 Hannah Proom 1748 in IGI (Bury Saint Edmunds Suffolk). No evidence has been found of Plume in Staffs where the earliest examples of Proom occur but compare Joseph Ploom 1796 in IGI (Birmingham Warwicks). Alternatively Proom might be a variant of Plumb with a lengthened vowel though this name is also rare and late in Staffs.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
