Kelm is either a German language topographic or a habitational surname,[1][2] in the first case denoting a person who lived near a hill (Old Slavic cholm "peak", "hill") or in the second case someone who came from Chełm in eastern Poland or from any of several similar named smaller settlement. Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. "Kelm Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-11-10. Approximately 14,363 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.
  2. "Kelm Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-11-10. Germanized form of Polish Chelm 'peak', 'hill', a topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a pointed summit, or habitational name from a city in eastern Poland or any of various other places named with this word.

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