Mumm

• From the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”).
• As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).

Both senses are comparable to Mumme, a spelling variant.

Mumm (plural Mumms)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Mumm”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 634.
• Forebears

Probably shortened from Latin animum, accusative singular of animus.

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Mumm m (strong, genitive Mummes or Mumms, no plural)

1. moxie, guts, grit, balls, nerve

• “Mumm” in Duden online
• “Mumm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Mumm f (plural Mummen)

1. aunt