Tombaugh Family History
Tombaugh Name Meaning
Americanized form of North German Tombach:: topographic name from to dem bach ‘at the creek’; perhaps a hybrid form as Bach is standard German bek(e) being the Low German form. habitational name from any of the places in Hesse Baden and Bavaria called Dombach (earlier Tunbach from tun tan ‘mud’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022