Tatum

See also: tatum and -tatum

English

Etymology

From Tatham, from Old English Tāta, a personal name of unknown meaning + hām.

Proper noun

Tatum

1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • c. 1988 Stuart Dybek, Chopin in Winter, The Graywolf Short Stories, Vol.45, Graywolf Press (1988), page 82:

     By the time a letter from Marcy finally came, explaining that the entire time she had been living on the South Side in a Negro neighborhood near the university, and that she had a son whom she'd named Tatum Kubiac—"Tatum" after a famous jazz pianist—it seemed to make little difference.

3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2009, Jan Payne, The World's Best Book, Running Press, →ISBN, page 114:

     The youngest ever Oscar-winner is an actress called Tatum O'Neal, who was ten when she won Best Supporting Act for the film Paper Moon (1973).

4. A village in Cameroon.
5. A town in New Mexico.
6. A town in South Carolina.
7. A city in Panola County and Rusk County, Texas, named after settlers Albert and Mary Tatum.

Related terms

• Tate

Anagrams

• mutat, mutat.