English: habitational name of uncertain origin. It may be from
places in Norfolk and Suffolk called Barsham, from the genitive case
of the Old English byname Bar ‘wild boar’ + Old English
ham ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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