Skip to main content

Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from any of the various places so called. 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.

Join the Family

Your partner in parenting from baby name inspiration to college planning.

Subscribe