Surname · also Middle English

Grabham

“grub, insect, larva”

Grabham is a surname, possibly from Middle English (ultimately Old English).

Meaning & origin

What it means

Grabham possibly goes back to Middle English grubbe, meaning “grub, insect, larva.”

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Where it comes from

Grabham possibly comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

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How it developed

Possibly from Middle English grubbe (“grub, insect, larva”), from Old English hām (“homestead”).

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Similar names

If you love Grabham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Greenham

“green”

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Old English

Acklam

“oak”

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Old English

Altham

Altham is a surname from Old English.

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Old English

Bramham

“brushwood”

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Old English

Rackham

“stack, pile of stones”

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Old English

Banham

“bean”

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Old English

Bromham

“brushwood”

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Old English

Allingham

“belonging to” · “homestead”

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Sibling ideas

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