Ohsam

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Ohsam is a German or Transylvanian-Saxon family name.

Origin, meaning and distribution

The name was derived from the baptismal name after the Catholic Saint Erasmus . In the German-speaking minority of the Transylvanian Saxons in what is now Romania , it was especially widespread in Braller (Romanian Bruiu ) and Rohrbach (Romanian Rodbav ).

Name bearer

  • Bernhard Ohsam (1926–2001), Romanian-German journalist, writer and radio editor
  • Alice Peters-Ohsam (* 1929), German sculptor (double surname of Alice Peters after marriage to Bernhard Ohsam )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Transylvania-Saxon surnames O – R →  Ohsam . On: Website Our German Roots ; accessed on February 11, 2015.