English Explanatory Dictionary

Mumme

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Mumme Mummes Mummey

Etymology

* As a German surname, from Mumme, a variant of Mumm, from the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”). * As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).

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