Derham Family History
Derham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Dearham in Cumbria East and West Dereham in Norfolk or Dyrham in Gloucestershire named from Old English dēor ‘deer’ + hām ‘settlement homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosed land water meadow’. Irish (mainly Dublin Drogheda and Cork): of English origin but MacLysaght takes this to be a variant of Durham .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022