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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name, possibly from Bramham in West Yorkshire or Brantham in Suffolk. The first is named with Old English brōm ‘broom’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘river meadow’; the second is from the Old English personal name Branta + hām or hamm.

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