Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
ORME
There are approximately 4,966 people named Orme in the UK. That makes it the 2,117th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 79 are named Orme.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Related and similar surnames
OrmOrmes
Ormson
Orms
Ormme
Oarme
Ormm
Ormea
Ormey
Ormie
Ormeau
Ormeo
Ormae
Oarm
Ohrm
Ormez
Ormo
Ormi
Orma
Ormy
Ormed
Ormbs
Orrms
Ormai
The Orme surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
ORME. A personal name not uncommon in Saxon and Norman times, and doubtless of Scandinavian origin. In the Old Norse, the generic name for serpents is orm. Some early landowners with tJiis designation have imjn-essed it upon the Ormsbys, Ormerod, Ormside, Ormes-Head, Ormsliirk, in England, and upon Ormidale, the Ormistons, and Ormary, in Scotland. Domesday presents us with tenants called Orrae in the counties of York and Lincoln, and in the former shire a personnge so named held immediately from the crown.