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palm Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from a medieval personal name Palmatius, borne by a saint who died in 286.
  2. Northwest German: topographic name from Middle High German palme, balme ‘pussy willow’, the tree that traditionally provided the branches for Palm Sunday processions, or habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a palm tree.
  3. German: from a reduced and altered form of a personal name formed with Old High German bald ‘bold’, ‘brave’ as its first element.
  4. Swedish: ornamental name from palm ‘palm tree’.
  5. Dutch: nickname for someone who had been on pilgrimage to the Holy Land (see Palmer), from palm ‘palm tree’.
  6. Dutch (Van Palm): habitational name denoting someone from any of several minor places called Palm or Palme.
  7. Translation of French Lapalme.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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palm Family Facts

Distribution of palm Families in the US in 1920
Number of palm families
 66-130
 23-65		 1-22
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Threads: 107 - Messages: 349
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Peter Palm KellyTheresa36 2
palm family julee palm 9
Obituary - Verna Mae Anna (Koski) Palm jcbuker 0
Death Notice - Verna Mae Anna Palm 2005 jcbuker 0
Palm Of Oakland and San Francisco, California RodgerAirey 0
Thomas F. Palm of PA to OH and KS mertzonj 4
LOU/LUDWIG PALM, S/O SAM Carol Williams 1
SIGFRIED "Sam" PALM Carol Williams 1
Allene Palm in 1930 photo Not_A_Relative 0
Ohio Palms Dawn Gregg 6
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