Sham Family History
Sham Name Meaning
Chinese : variant of Shum. Chinese : variant of Shen 1. Muslim: variant of Cham. This name is found mainly in northwest India (Gujarat). Southeast Asian: unexplained. Perhaps also an altered spelling of French Cham, a habitational name from any of several places called La Champ, named with champ ‘meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press