Bloom

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
    • Jay Bloom described the experience of learning what happened to the Titan as “very surreal”. - 2023 June 24, Chris Lau and Sara Smart, “‘That could’ve been us,’ say father and son who pulled out of doomed Titan trip out...
  2. A place in the United States:

    1. A ghost town in Otero County, Colorado.

    2. An unincorporated community and township in Ford County, Kansas.

    3. A town in Richland County, Wisconsin.

    4. A number of other townships, including in Illinois, Kansas (2 or 3), Minnesota, Ohio (5), and Pennsylvania, listed under Bloom Township.

Origin

English and Jewish surname converged from several origins: * Middle English blom (“ingot”), from Old English blōma (“lump of iron”) * Swedish Blom * Dutch Bloem, see bloem (“flower”) * Spelling variant of Blum

Derived

Bloomsday