Statistics and meaning of name Wedum

Usage: 0% firstname, 100% surname.
Wedum first name was found 1 times in 1 different countries. (Norway)
Surname Wedum is used at least 104 times in at least 6 countries.

Given names Erik Wedum (3) Svein Wedum (2) Maria Wedum (2) Marie Wedum (2) Gunhild Wedum (1) Johan Wedum (1) Grete Wedum (1) Fridtjof Wedum (1) Arne Wedum (1) Christian Wedum (1) Didrik Wedum (1) Karl Wedum (1) Aud Wedum (1) Morten Wedum (1) Petter Wedum (1) Thorstein Wedum (1) Olav Wedum (1) Arild Wedum (1) Maren Wedum (1) Marianne Wedum (1) Jorann Wedum (1) Torill Wedum (1) Cato Wedum (1) Gerd Wedum (1) Heidi Wedum (1) Kim Wedum (1) Hanne Wedum (1) Anne Wedum (1) Elisabeth Wedum (1) Ingrid Wedum (1) Knut Wedum (1) Jack Wedum (1) Toril Wedum (1) Sverre Wedum (1) Simen Wedum (1) Randi Wedum (1) Sigurd Wedum (1) Amund Wedum (1)

Family names Wedum Holm (1)

      

Wedum reversed is Mudew
Name contains 5 letters - 40.00% vowels and 60.00% consonants.

Anagrams: Wedmu Umdew Mweud Weumd Weudm Meduw Deumw Wdemu
Misspells: Vvedum Weduma Wdeum Wedmu Weudm



Rhymes: Tweedledum Carborundum addendum memorandum referendum weapon leaden deaden redden

Meaning of this name is unknown.

Kim Wedum says: The word "heim" is a common Norwegian word meaning "home". It is often used as an ending in names of places like e.g. the big mountain area in Norway called "Jotunheimen", which means "home of the Jotnes" (mountain troll). In the 1600-hundreds a small farm in the Gudbrandsdal valley in Norway was called "Vedheim", meaning "Wooden home". Under the Danish influence in the 1800-hundreds the typical "heim" ending was changed to "um" in many cases. The "um" ending is now a common part of many Norwegian names of places and cities like e.g. Bærum, Skaugum, Trandum, Hurum. In some cases the Danish influence also led to the letter "V" being exchanged for the letter "W", interestingly enough because "W" is a rare letter in the Norwegian alphabet. Hence, the name of farm, which was tiny, was changed from "Vedheim" to "Wedum". People were quite productive in the Gudbrandsdal valley, each family typically having 8-12 kids. But they were also very poor, so many had to move out to survive. Many left for UK and the US. The name "Vedum" is also used today. This is probably due to the fact that "W" is not considered a common letter in Norway.

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