Combs Etymology “(Anglo-Celtic) Dweller at a Hollow, Valley, or Hill-Recess [Old English cumb, from the Celtic: Welsh cwm = Cornish cum = Irish cum, a hollow]. (English) (occasionally) Dweller at a Ridge or Hill-Crest [Dialect English comb, a ridge; Old English camb]” Source: Surnames of the United Kingdom, A Concise Etymological Dictionary. Henry Harrison, 2 Vols. The Eaton Press: London, England, 1912. A surname list for all variant spellings of Combs (Comb, Combe, Combes, Combs, Coomb, Coombe, Coombes, Coombs, Coomes, Cumbe, etc.). We encourage Y-DNA, Family Finder, and mtDNA participants with Combs names to join the Combs DNA Project. We strongly encourage those who are a male Combs to get YDNA tested or if you have already, upgrade to the next level of Y testing and that females joining this site have a Combs male relative take the YDNA test. It is only on the inherited male Y gene that surname lineage can be traced.