Bromham
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English
Etymology
From Old English brōm (“brushwood”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Bromham (countable and uncountable, plural Bromhams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0051).
- A village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9665).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bromham is the 17974th most common surname in England, belonging to 267 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bromham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
- Forebears