Frum
English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
- As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish פֿרום (frum, “religious, pious, observant”)
- As a German surname, spelling variant of Fromm.
Proper noun
Frum (plural Frums)
- A surname from Yiddish.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Yiddish אברם (afrom), from Hebrew אברם from אברהם. Doublet of Abram.
Proper noun
Frum
- A surname from Yiddish [in turn originating as a patronymic], having a father Afrom (“Abraham, Abram”)
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