Ostrom

O1S1T1R1O1M3

proper noun

A surname from Swedish.

OriginSwedish Öström →
UncommonScrabble 8
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper nounOstrom (plural Ostroms)

plural Ostroms

  1. A surname from Swedish.

Origin

  1. SwedishÖström
  2. EnglishOstrom

Borrowed from Swedish Öström, an ornamental surname composed of the elements ö (“island”) and ström (“stream”).

More words from Swedish

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rostom
Cite this entry
APA

Ostrom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ostrom

MLA

“Ostrom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ostrom. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ostrom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ostrom.

Source: Ostrom on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.