Som Family History
Som Name Meaning
Indian (West Bengal and southern states) and Bangladeshi: from Sanskrit soma ‘moon’. Compare Soman . Cambodian: written សោម from a Khmer word of Sanskrit origin (see 1 above) meaning e.g. ‘moon’ and ‘wind’. Hungarian: probably a nickname for someone with a sour disposition from som a sour-tasting forest fruit.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022