The elam Surname
elam Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name for someone from a place called Elham,
in Kent, or a lost place of this name in Crayford, Kent. The first is
derived from Old English ?l ‘eel’ + ham
‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water’. There is
also an Elam Grange in Bingley, West Yorkshire, but the current
distribution of the name in the British Isles suggests that it did not
contribute significantly to the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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