Mumme

• Mummey

• As a German surname, from Mumme, a variant of 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”).

Mumme (plural Mummes)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mumme is the 36379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 615 individuals. Mumme is most common among White (94.8%) individuals.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʊmə/

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Probably from an expressive interjection used to express satisfaction with the drink, compare mampfen (“to munch, talk while eating”). Similar sense development is found in archaic English hum (“a kind of strong alcoholic drink”).^[1]

Mumme f (genitive Mumme, no plural)

2. mum, a type of beer originating in Brunswick, Germany

Possibly onomatopoeic. Compare English mum (“silent; secret”).

Mumme f (genitive Mumme, plural Mummen)

2. (dated) mask
3. (dated) a disguised person

• vermummen

Mumme m

1. dative singular of Mumm

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