Surname · also Middle English

Kilham

“kiln”

Kilham is a surname from Middle English, ultimately from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Kilham goes back to a word meaning “kiln.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Kilham comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English Killom, from Old English cylnum.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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

Old English

Cottingham

“belonging to” · “homestead”

No U.S. birth series

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Germanic

Ingham

“homestead”

No U.S. birth series

67% boys · 33% girls

Old English

Ketteringham

“village, hamlet”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Higham

“high”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Lytham

“slope”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Kirkup

“church”

No U.S. birth series

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Old English

Kibble

“famous” · “bold”

No U.S. birth series

40% boys · 60% girls

Old English

Kimpton

“enclosure; settlement, town”

No U.S. birth series

83% boys · 17% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kilham’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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