The story
- Old English · derived frombeorg“hill”
- English todayBarham
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”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbeorg all →
barrowBroughtonbergh
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.