habitational name from Bream in Worcestershire, which
is probably named in Old English as ‘the place where broom grows’,
from breme, an unattested dialect variant of brom
‘broom’.nickname for a fierce or energetic person, from
Middle English brem(e), brim(me) ‘fierce’, ‘vigorous’
(from Old English breme ‘famous’, ‘noble’).variant of
Braham. UK 159. Norfolk 37, Cambs. 18, Suffolk 10; E
Yorks.
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