Bingham

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/ˈbɪŋəm/

proper noun

A town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).

OriginOld English Bynna ← Old Norse bingr →
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Meanings

proper nounBingham (countable and uncountable, plural Binghams)

plural Binghams

  1. countableuncountableA town and civil parish in Rushcliffe district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK703343).
  2. countableuncountableAn eastern suburb of Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3072).
  3. A locale in the United States:
    1. countableuncountableA ghost town in Jeff Davis County, Georgia.
    2. countableuncountableA village in Fayette County, Illinois; named for Judge Horatio Bingham.
    3. countableuncountableA town in Somerset County, Maine; named for Pennsylvania statesman William Bingham.
    4. countableuncountableA township in Clinton County, Michigan, named after Kinsley S. Bingham, as are the other two Michigan townships.
    5. countableuncountableA township in Huron County, Michigan.
    6. countableuncountableA township in Leelanau County, Michigan.
    7. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Sheridan County, Nebraska.
    8. countableuncountableA township in Potter County, Pennsylvania.
    9. countableuncountableA ghost town in Dillon County, South Carolina.
    10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
  4. countableuncountableAn English habitational surname for someone from the town in Nottinghamshire, or Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.

    Antique Sugar co-owner Sarah Bingham is tired of arguing with customers who don’t want to put on a mask before coming into the vintage clothing shop in Phoenix, Arizona.

    2020 July 3, David Williams, “A vintage clothing store isn’t arguing with customers about wearing masks”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2022

Origin

  1. Old Norsebingr“stall, bed”
  2. Old EnglishBynna
  3. EnglishBingham

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English Bynna (given name) + -ing + hām (“home, property”), or from Old Norse bingr (“stall, bed”) + hām.

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APA

Bingham. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham

MLA

“Bingham.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bingham,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bingham.

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