Meaning & origin
What it means
Birmingham goes back to Old English *Beormingahām, meaning “homestead of the Beormingas, i.e. followers of Beorma.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Birmingham’s family of names
In English usage, Birmingham as a surname has a diminutive in Birmo. In English usage, Birmingham as a surname has a short form in Birmo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Birmingham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Burlingham
“belonging to” · “homestead”
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Boreham
“elevated place; hill”
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Brittingham
“Briton” · “enclosure”
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Banham
“bean”
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Barsham
“boar” · “homestead”
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Billington
“belonging to” · “hill”
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Binnington
“belonging to” · “enclosure; settlement, town”
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Gillingham
“belonging to” · “homestead”
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