Barham

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Bareham, Boram

Etymology

Two possible origins:

• The villages in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg (“hill”) + hām (“homestead”).
• The village in Kent is probably named with an unattested Old English personal name *Beora, a derivative of bera (“bear”), + hām (“homestead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæɹəm/

Proper noun

Barham (countable and uncountable, plural Barhams)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A village in Barham and Woolley parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL1375).
   2. A village and civil parish in Canterbury district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2050).
   3. A village and civil parish in Mid Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM1451).
   4. A town in Riverina district, New South Wales, Australia.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Barham and Woolley

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Barham is the 5547^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6266 individuals. Barham is most common among White (79.25%) and Black/African American (15.51%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101.

Anagrams

• Brahma, Braham, Bahrām, Rambha, Bramah, Bahram