Meaning & origin
What it means
Boreham goes back to Old English bor, meaning “elevated place; hill.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English bor (“elevated place; hill”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Boreham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Birmingham
Birmingham is a surname from Old English.
29% boys · 71% girls
Burlingham
“belonging to” · “homestead”
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Barsham
“boar” · “homestead”
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Banham
“bean”
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Oxenham
“ox” · “farm”
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Bloxham
“manor, estate”
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Oldham
“old”
67% boys · 33% girls
Bromham
“brushwood”
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