The braham Surname
braham Name Meaning and History
- English: habitational name from either of two places called Braham, in Cambridgeshire and West Yorkshire, both probably named with Old English brom ‘broom’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘flood plain’, ‘water meadow’.
- Jewish: reduced variant of Abraham.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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