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Type Surname (from location & ornamental)
Usage German, Jewish
Other Forms FormsGreenbaum (Americanized)

Meaning & History

from Middle High German gruoni "green" and boum "tree" probably a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a tree in leaf. Jewish adoption of said surname.
Added 11/5/2023 by Paradiso36