The story
According to Skeat, the first part of this placename derives from an Old English personal name *Feolomǣr, a compound of feolo (“many, much, a lot”) and mǣre (“famous, renowned”), + hām (“home”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9957). Full definition →
According to Skeat, the first part of this placename derives from an Old English personal name *Feolomǣr, a compound of feolo (“many, much, a lot”) and mǣre (“famous, renowned”), + hām (“home”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.