50%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Akkadian Meaning & History Meaning unknown, presumably of Akkadian origin. It appears to end with the Akkadian feminine suffix -tum. This was the name of a wife of Sargon of Akkad [1]. Categories unknown etymology Sources & References Page at https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Babylonia_and_Assyria/Proper_Names.