Given name & surname

Malham

“gravelly soil, sandbank”

Malham is a surname, probably from Old Norse.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Malham probably goes back to Old Norse malg, meaning “gravelly soil, sandbank.”

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Where it comes from

Malham probably comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Probably from Old Norse malg.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Malham’s family of names

In English usage, Malham as a surname has a related form in MAUGHAM.

Walk Malham’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

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

Old Norse

Mahood

“descendant of Ud”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Målfrid

“ore” · “beautiful”

No U.S. birth series

>99% girls

Old Norse

Markland

Markland is a surname from Old Norse.

No U.S. birth series

99% boys · 1% girls

Old Norse

Kelham

“keel, ridge”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Manby

“farmstead; town”

No U.S. birth series

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Old Norse

Marbeck

“border, limit”

No U.S. birth series

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Latin

Mànus

Mànus is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Latin. It is used in Scottish Gaelic.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Old Norse

Mansergh

“shieling, hill-pasture”

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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