Släkthistoria för Bouma
Bouma Vad efternamn betyder
West Frisian:: from a shortened form of Bouwema a patronymic from the personal name Bouwe (a derivative of Baldwin) composed with the suffix -ma ‘(one of the) men of’. It is also a habitational name from a place called Bouma. Compare Buma. in some cases perhaps also adopted by a bouwman ‘farmer’ because of the similarity between the name (see 1 above) and noun; compare Bouman.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
