Boom is a Dutch surname meaning "tree" (). It and the form De Boom can be of metaphoric origin, indicating a robust person ("like a tree"). Alternatively it may be a shortened version of names like Van der Boom or Ten Boom, meaning from/at the tree, boom barrier or warp beam.Boom at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands. "Boom" is also regularly chosen as a surname in stage names. People with the name include:
Bert Boom (born 1938), Dutch track cyclist Boudewijn Karel Boom (1903–1980), Dutch botanist Claria Horn Boom (born 1969), American (Kentucky) judge Cornelis Boom (died 1579), Dutch landowner and shipbuilder Irma Boom (born 1960), Dutch graphic designer Karel Boom (1858–1939), Belgian painter Lars Boom (born 1985), Dutch racing cyclist Max de Boom (born 1996), Dutch football winger (1936–2011), Dutch-born Italian actor (born 1947), German Roman Catholic bishop As a stage name Barry Boom (born 1960s), British reggae singer Paul Robinson Benny Boom (born 1971), American music video and film director Benny Douglas Dionté Boom (born 1991), American rapper-producer Ervin Dionté Harris Nando Boom (born 1960s), Panamanian singer Fernando Brown Paddy Boom (born 1968), American drummer Patrick Seacor Taka Boom (born 1954), American R&B singer Yvonne Stevens Van Boom / Van den Boom / Van der Boom Herman van den Boom (born 1950), Belgian photographer Claire van der Boom (born 1983), Australian actress Jeroen van der Boom (born 1972), Dutch singer (1807–1872), Dutch-born Swedish pianist and composer J Boom (born 1991), Canadian hip hop blues musician and producer
See also Ten Boom, three members of a Dutch family who helped save Jews during the Holocaust
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