Ham
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eng Schläiss Ham
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ham"
English
Etymology 1
- As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.
- As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.
- As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.
- As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.
- As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).
- As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.
- As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.
- As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 / 阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 / 谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).
- In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)
- A surname.
- A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898). [1]
- A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
- Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
- A hamlet in Kent, England.
- A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
- A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ham
Derived terms
Translations
a son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem
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References
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
- (Limburg) First attested as Ham around 1776. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).
- (Land van Cuijk) First attested as Ham in 1803-1820. Derived from ham (“alluvial land in the bend of a river”).
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ham n
- A hamlet in Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Land van Cuijk, North Brabant, Netherlands
- A hamlet in Meierijstad, North Brabant, Netherlands
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German hamme, from Old High German hama, from Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Dutch ham, English ham, dialectal German Hamme.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ham f (plural Hamen)