Ham
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- //hæm//
A surname.
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A surname.
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A suburb and ward in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4657).
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A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898).
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A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
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Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
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A hamlet in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3254).
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A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
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A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)
Étymologie
* As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm. * As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham. * As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above. * As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above. * As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”). * As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham. * As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm. * As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 /阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 /谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”). * In some English surnames, from Old English hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.
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A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.
Étymologie
From Hebrew חָם.
Formes
- pluriel
- Hams