Stamm Family History
Stamm Name Meaning
North German: habitational name from any of various places in East Prussia named Stamm. German and Swiss German: from Middle High German Middle Low German stam ‘family tree descent’ ‘stock’ hence ‘son and heir’ possibly applied as a nickname for the eldest son of a family. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German Stamm ‘stem stock’ or perhaps in some cases a short form of names such as Aronstam ‘stock of Aaron ’ (the first high priest) Kohenstam ‘stock of the kohenim’ (see Cohen ) and Löwenstam ‘stock of the Levites’ (see Levy compare Lowe ). Compare also Stam .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022