From: mdhangton@gmail.com   
      
   Brian M. Scott wrote:   
   > On Thu, 25 Jun 2015 23:39:07 +0100, Raymond Daley   
   >  wrote   
   > in in   
   > rec.arts.sf.composition:   
   >> Dude. That is one awesome name. Boom as a surname?   
   >   
   > It means ‘tree’.   
   >   
   >> But add the rest? Dirk Van Dem Boom.   
   >   
   > And  is ‘of/from the tree’.   
   >   
   Is this associated with a crest or coat of arms that had a tree on it?   
      
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