Bircham
English
editEtymology
editFrom Old English bierċe (“birch”) + hām (“homestead; village”).
Proper noun
editBircham (countable and uncountable, plural Birchams)
- A civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England.
- A hamlet in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Bircham is the 10582nd most common surname in England, belonging to 556 individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bircham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 162.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Norfolk, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Alberta
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Alberta
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English