Kalm Family History
Kalm Name Meaning
German: habitational name from a place called Kalme near Brunswick (Braunschweig) in Lower Saxony. Swedish: probably from the placename element kalm ‘mound of stones’ (found in the name of the town of Kalmar). This surname is also found in Finland. Estonian: arbitrary surname from kalm ‘unchristian burial site tumulus’ or from a homonymous word meaning ‘calamus’ (compare Kalmus ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022