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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsBareham, Boram

Meaning & History

Habitational name for a person from the villages called Barham in Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Kent, of different first elements. The one in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk comes from Old English beorg "mountain, hill", while the one in Kent comes from the Old English byname *Beora (derived from bera "bear (animal)"), all of them have the second element of ham "home, estate, settlement".
Added 4/5/2017 by TanorFaux
Edited 5/11/2025 by DoingNothing247