Kirkham Family History
Kirkham Name Meaning
English (mainly northwestern): habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and East Yorkshire named Kirkham. The placenames derive from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + Old English hām ‘village homestead’ or Old Norse heim ‘homestead estate’. Possibly an altered form of German Kirchham a habitational name from either of two places called Kirchham in Austria or Bavaria.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022