Etymology

Braham

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old English ham
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromham“homestead”
  2. English todayBraham

* As an English surname, probably from the roots of broom and either Old English ham (“homestead”) or hamm (“enclosure”). * As a Jewish surname, reduced from Abraham.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishham all →

homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham

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