Tamm Family History
Tamm Name Meaning
German: from a short form of the personal name Tancmar composed of the ancient Germanic thank ‘thought’ + māri mēri ‘famous’. German: habitational name from Tamm in southern Germany or Thamm Damm(e) in northern Germany. The placenames may derive from the personal name (see 1 above) or from Middle High German tam ‘dam dike’. Estonian: ornamental name from tamm ‘oak’ or from a homonymous word meaning ‘dam’ (a loan from Middle Low German tam). Estonian: from a pet form of the personal name Adam .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022