Ham

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A surname.
2. (countable, uncountable) A suburb and ward in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4657).
3. (countable, uncountable) A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898).
4. (countable, uncountable) A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
5. (countable, uncountable) Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
6. (countable, uncountable) A hamlet in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3254).
7. (countable, uncountable) A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
8. (countable, uncountable) A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)

Translations

Cham

Ham

Ham

Ham

Cam

Châm

Cam

Cam

حام

Cham

Ham

Cham

Cambajon

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hæm/

Etymology

* 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.