Drum.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A settlement (Mains of Drum) in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, near Drum Castle (OS grid ref NO8099).
A mountain in Conwy borough, Wales (OS grid ref SH7069).
A village in County Monaghan, Ireland.
A civil parish and townland in County Roscommon, Ireland.
An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, USA, named after the Drum family.
Where this word comes from
* As an Irish surname, from Droma, a personal name from druim (“ridge”) * As a Scottish Gaelic surname, from druim (“ridge”) * As a German surname, from Middle High German trum and Middle Low German drum (“woodblock”), both probably from Proto-Germanic *trumaz.
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