I met someone called Hattum. Does anyone know the meaning / origin of this name?
He is Dutch and lives in Friesland (Frisia). He is the seventh or eighth in his family called this way. You pronounce his name as HAH-tum.
It reminds me a lot of a city name in Holland: Hattem. In Holland it is not common to use a city as a first name, but could it be that Hattum is an alternative spelling of Hattem?