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.
The English etymology for Groom comes from the East Anglian occupational name for a servant or a shepherd, from Middle English grom(e) ‘boy’, ‘servant’ (of uncertain origin), which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.
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.
Aaron Groom (born 1987), Fiji rugby league player
Andy Groom (born 1979), American football punter
Arthur Groom, multiple people, including:
Arthur Groom (politician) (1852–1922), Australian politician and land agent
Arthur Groom (writer) (1904–1953), Australian writer, conservationist, journalist and photographer
Arthur Hesketh Groom (1846–1918), British founder the Kobe Golf Club, Japan's first golf club
Bob Groom (1884–1948), American baseball player
Buddy Groom (born 1965), American baseball player
Catherine Groom Petroski (born 1939), American author
Chris Groom (born 1973), former Australian rules footballer
Harry Marshall Groom BCL (1894–1964), New Brunswick lawyer and politician
Henry Littleton Groom (1860–1926), member of Queensland Parliament, Australia
Jerry Groom (1929–2008), nicknamed "Boomer," American football player
Kathleen Clarice Groom (1872–1954), English author
Karl Groom, British guitarist and producer
Sir Littleton Groom, KCMG (1867–1936), Australian Commonwealth Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives
Lorne B. Groom (1919–1994), New Brunswick optometrist and politician
Michael Groom, multiple people, including:
Michael Groom (climber) (born 1959), Australian mountain climber
Michael Groom (footballer), New Zealand national football team member
Nic Groom (born 1990), South African rugby union footballer
Ray Groom (born 1944), Tasmanian premier (1992–1996)
Robert Groom, multiple people, including:
Robert W. Groom, California State Assembly member
Robert Groom (cricketer) (1816-1891), English cricketer
Roger Groom (born 1936), Australian politician
Sam Groom (born 1939), American television actor
Shea Groom (born 1993), American soccer player
Simon Groom (born 1950), British television presenter
Terry Groom (born 1944), Australian politician
William Henry Groom (1833–1901), member of the Parliament of Queensland and the Parliament of Australia
Winston Groom (born 1944), American novelist and nonfiction writer
