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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish (Angus) : of uncertain origin; Black suggests it may be a habitational name from a place in England called Oram or Orem, or possibly a variant of Orme.
  • Probably also an altered spelling of German Ohrem, a habitational name from a place near Wolfenbüttel called O(h)rum.

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