Submitted NameRevisions Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 5/27/2012 by anonymous Edited 9/4/2014 by Beautiful Victory Meaning & History From Old English beam "beam" or "post". It could be a topographic name from someone living near a post or tree, or it could be a metonymic occupational name for a weaver.Americanized form of German Boehm or Baum.