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i always wanted 2 know where this name comes from

Exum

plz tell me where this name comes from

Answer 1

www.ancestry.com

Exum Name Meaning and History

English: probably a variant of AXSOM. This name is concentrated in NC.

Axsom --English: variant of Axson

AXSON--English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant spelling of Axon.



AXON--English: most probably the Middle English surname Ackeson, a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Acke (Old English Acca). It may also be from Anketin or Asketin, Norman forms of the Old Norse personal name Asketill (see Haskell), or even a variant of Ashton.

ASHTON--English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æ"aesc" ‘"ash tree"’ + "tun" ‘"settlement"’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æaet þp?m) æ"scum" ‘"(at the) ash trees"’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tun) of ÆAeschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of ÆAelli’.

www.familysearch.org--varied spellings include EXAM ; EXOM; HECKSON ; HEXHAM; HOXHAM; EXHAM ; HARCHAM; HEXAM ; EXOME;HIXHAM ; EXAME; IXEM; HUCKSAM, HIXOM ; HEXAMS ;IXOM; HEXOM; HICKSOME ; HECCKSON;HUCSHAM; EXCAME; HEXSOUM; HOCKSHAM ; HECSIN; HUXSUM; HECKSAME;&  EXVM (yes, with a V. Thought it might be a Y until I clicked on the link).

Early listings include:

ALICIA HEXOM--b. MAR 6, 1596   Newcastle Under Lyme, Stafford ,England

ANN HEXAM --b. 13 MAY 1579   Berwick Upon Tweed, Northumberland, England

Deborah EXUM - b. About 1680 EXHAM, , , England

JOHN EXCAME--b.  30 AUG 1559   Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England



The name was found in Alabama , North Carolina, Virginia,  Texas,  South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, & Idaho in the US; Mexico; France;  England; Ireland;

Answer 2

This is all I could find in relation to your name,

Exum Name Meaning and History

English: probably a variant of Axsom. This name is concentrated in NC.

this information came from www.ancestry.com

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

The image of the tree probably originated with one in medieval art of the Tree of Jesse, used to illustrate the Genealogy of Christ in terms of a prophecy of Isaiah (Isaiah, 11, 1).