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A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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A variant of Burlingham, itself from the Old English personal name *Bærla or *Byrla + -ing (“diminutive marker”) + hām (“homestead”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.