Släkthistoria för Owram
Owram Vad efternamn betyder
from Ulrome (ER Yorks) probably the usual origin of the WR Yorks surname. The place is recorded as Ulfram and Ulreham in 1086 Olram in 1150–70 and Ulrome als. Owram in 160 The place-name probably derives from the Old English personal name Wulfhere + hām ‘village homestead’. variant of Orme. from Northowram (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Ulfrun in 1086 and Ouerum in 1307 or Southowram (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Oure in 1086 and Ourum in 130 The place-names derive from Old English *ufer (a variant of ofer) ‘hill slope’ in the dative plural *uferum (oferum) ‘(at the) hills slopes’. Northowram and Southowram refer to two ridges separated by Shibden Brook; Northowram is north of Shibden Brook and Southowram is south of it.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
