Groom (surname)
Groom is a surname of English origin. Its English usage comes from the trade or profession, a person responsible for the feeding and care of horses, not to be confused with the much more socially distinguished roles in the English Royal Household of Groom of the Chamber, or Groom of the Privy Chamber, Groom of the Robes, Groom of the Stole, and Groom of the Stool.History
The English etymology for Groom comes from the East Anglian occupational name for a servant or a shepherd, from Middle English grom ‘boy’, ‘servant’, which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.Popularity
Groom ranks 5,545 out of 88,799 in popularity in the United States and is also common in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.List
- Aaron Groom, Fiji rugby league player
- Andy Groom, American football punter
- Arthur Groom, multiple people, including:
- *Arthur Groom , Australian politician and land agent
- *Arthur Groom , Australian writer, conservationist, journalist and photographer
- *Arthur Hesketh Groom, British founder the Kobe Golf Club, Japan's first golf club
- Bob Groom, American baseball player
- Buddy Groom, American baseball player
- Catherine Groom Petroski, American author
- Chris Groom, former Australian rules footballer
- Harry Marshall Groom BCL, New Brunswick lawyer and politician
- Henry Littleton Groom, member of Queensland Parliament, Australia
- Jerry Groom, nicknamed "Boomer," American football player
- Kathleen Clarice Groom, English author
- Karl Groom, British guitarist and producer
- Sir Littleton Groom, KCMG, Australian Commonwealth Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives
- Lorne B. Groom, New Brunswick optometrist and politician
- Mary Elizabeth Groom, British artist
- Michael Groom, multiple people, including:
- *Michael Groom , Australian mountain climber
- *Michael Groom, New Zealand national football team member
- Nic Groom, South African rugby union footballer
- Ray Groom, Tasmanian premier
- Robert Groom, multiple people, including:
- *Robert W. Groom, California State Assembly member
- *Robert Groom , English cricketer
- Roger Groom, Australian politician
- Sam Groom, American television actor
- Shea Groom, American soccer player
- Simon Groom, British television presenter
- Terry Groom, Australian politician
- William Henry Groom, member of the Parliament of Queensland and the Parliament of Australia
- Winston Groom, American novelist and nonfiction writer
