Definition of "Tatum"

Tatum

proper noun
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  Quotations
  By the time a letter from Marcy finally came, explaining that the entire time she had been living on the South Side in a Negro neighborhood near the university, and that she had a son whom she'd named Tatum Kubiac—"Tatum" after a famous jazz pianist—it seemed to make little difference.
  c. 1988 Stuart Dybek, Chopin in Winter, The Graywolf Short Stories, Vol.45, Graywolf Press (1988), page 82
3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
  Quotations
  The youngest ever Oscar-winner is an actress called Tatum O'Neal, who was ten when she won Best Supporting Act for the film Paper Moon (1973).
  2009, Jan Payne, The World's Best Book, Running Press, page 114
4. A village in Cameroon.
5. A town in New Mexico.
6. A town in South Carolina.
7. A city in Panola County and Rusk County, Texas, named after settlers Albert and Mary Tatum.