The bingham Surname
bingham Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from a place in Nottinghamshire called Bingham, from an unattested Old English clan name, Binningas, or an Old English word bing ‘(a) hollow’ + Old English ham ‘homestead’. The name is also established in Ireland.
- Jewish (American): Americanized form of various like-sounding habitational names such as Bingenheimer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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