Killam Family History
Killam Name Meaning
English (mainly Yorkshire): variant of Kilham a habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland and Yorkshire so named either from Old English cylnum ‘(at) the kilns’ dative plural of cyln or from Old English cyln ‘kiln’ or the personal name Cylla + Old Norse holmr ‘small island water meadow’. This surname is rare in Britain.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022