Submitted Name Save Type Surname (from nickname) Usage English Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 8/2/2014 by Fanny Edited 8/23/2014 by Fanny Meaning & History Medieval nickname for someone who had climbed the social ladder by marrying the daughter of a prominent figure in the local community, from Middle English odam ‘son-in-law’ (Old English aðum).