Barham Family History
Barham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places so called in Cambridgeshire Suffolk Kent Sussex and Devon. Most for example those in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk are named with Old English beorg ‘hill’ + hām ‘homestead’. The one in Kent however is from an unattested Old English byname Biora Beora (a derivative of bera ‘bear’) + hām.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022