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Etymology of Frum

* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.

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Source etymology 1

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A surname from Yiddish.

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* As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”) * As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.

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Source etymology 2

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A surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic], having a father Afrom (“Abraham, Abram”)

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.

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      },
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    },
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