Släkthistoria för Pym
Pym Vad efternamn betyder
from the Middle English personal name Pimme (Old English Pymma of unknown origin). Compare Johannes Pymson' 1379 in Poll Tax (Scosthorp WR Yorks) and the Middle English pet forms in Will'o Pymmot 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Arnold Notts) John Pymot' William Pymot' 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (Yorton Shrops) and Roberto Pymcok 1381 in Poll Tax (Steventon Berks). See also Pimlott and Pimble and compare Gilbert Pimming' 1221 in Assize Rolls (Warwicks) William Pymyng 1295 in Feet of Fines (Essex) Rog'o Pymmyng 1327 in Subsidy Rolls (West Burton Notts) and Johanne Pumyg 1379 in Poll Tax (Fosbury and Buttermere Wilts) whose surnames derive from an Old English *Pymming a hypocoristic extension of Pymma.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
