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 playerAndy Groom (born 1979), American football punterArthur Groom, multiple people, including:Arthur Groom (politician) (1852–1922), Australian politician and land agentArthur Groom (writer) (1904–1953), Australian writer, conservationist, journalist and photographerArthur Hesketh Groom (1846–1918), British founder the Kobe Golf Club, Japan's first golf clubBob Groom (1884–1948), American baseball playerBuddy Groom (born 1965), American baseball playerCatherine Groom Petroski (born 1939), American authorChris Groom (born 1973), former Australian rules footballerHarry Marshall Groom BCL (1894–1964), New Brunswick lawyer and politicianHenry Littleton Groom (1860–1926), member of Queensland Parliament, AustraliaJerry Groom (1929–2008), nicknamed "Boomer," American football playerKathleen Clarice Groom (1872–1954), English authorKarl Groom, British guitarist and producerSir Littleton Groom, KCMG (1867–1936), Australian Commonwealth Minister and Speaker of the House of RepresentativesLorne B. Groom (1919–1994), New Brunswick optometrist and politicianMichael Groom, multiple people, including:Michael Groom (climber) (born 1959), Australian mountain climberMichael Groom (footballer), New Zealand national football team memberNic Groom (born 1990), South African rugby union footballerRay Groom (born 1944), Tasmanian premier (1992–1996)Robert Groom, multiple people, including:Robert W. Groom, California State Assembly memberRobert Groom (cricketer) (1816-1891), English cricketerRoger Groom (born 1936), Australian politicianSam Groom (born 1939), American television actorShea Groom (born 1993), American soccer playerSimon Groom (born 1950), British television presenterTerry Groom (born 1944), Australian politicianWilliam Henry Groom (1833–1901), member of the Parliament of Queensland and the Parliament of AustraliaWinston Groom (born 1944), American novelist and nonfiction writer