Släkthistoria för Malham
Malham Vad efternamn betyder
English (mainly Yorkshire):: habitational name from Malham (Yorkshire) traditionally pronounced [maləm] or [mɔ:m]. The placename appears to derive from malgum a word of uncertain origin and meaning perhaps a dative plural form of Old Norse malgr ‘stony place’ or a dative plural form of Old Norse malr ‘sack bag’ used in the sense ‘pit hollow’. alternatively it could be a habitational name from Malham Farm in Wisborough Green (Sussex) which is probably derived from Old English mǣl ‘cross’ + hām ‘village homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure water meadow’.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
