Släkthistoria för Broxholme
Broxholme Vad efternamn betyder
from Broxholme (Lincs). The place-name appears to be Old Scandinavian *brōk ‘marsh’ in the genitive case form with -s + holm ‘island raised land in marsh’. occasionally a hypercorrect form of Broxson (see Broxton) through false association with locative names in -holme. Compare Brocksom. in western WR Yorks possibly an altered form of Broxup; compare Broscombe.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
