Baham

baham English Alternative forms en Bayham Etymology en fr Baham. See there for more. Pronunciation en /ˈbeɪhæm/ [ˈbʰɛj.hæ̃m] Louisiana, bāʹ-hăm en eɪhæm 2 en Bayham en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Baham.wav Southern England en a Louisiana pronunciation Proper noun s en Louisiana en French common among Louisiana Creoles. Usage notes Not to be confused with en Barham. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Baham is the 14316th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2090 individuals. Baham is most common among White (56.65%) and Black/African American (34.11%) individuals. en 2-syllable words French fr Alternative forms fr Bahan Bahans Etymology From earlier fr Bahans, a rare surname found in the department of Gironde in France. Meaning fr unknown. It could be related to fr Baa, the name of several hamlets in the department of Landes, or even to the surnames fr Bahain and fr Baheigne from the same department. In any case, the name could possibly be a toponym with the meaning "basin, cuvette" (cf. the dialectal words fr ba bassin, trough and fr bahine, an old variant of fr baïne, defined as an "elongated pit or basin dug on the beach by the waters and retaining the water like a bathtub").Tosti, J. (n.d.). Noms commençant par B [Names starting with B]. jeantosti.com. https://jeantosti.com/noms/b1.html. Accessed 1 April 2026.Pégorier, A. (2006). Les noms de lieux en France : Glossaire de termes lexicaux (3e éd.) [Placenames in France: Glossary of lexical terms (3rd ed.)]. Commission de toponymie [Commission of Toponymy], pp. 44, 46. The surname made its way to southern Louisiana by way of Jean Baptiste Baham fr dit names Gentil (formerly fr Bahans, and rendered variously as fr Bahan, Baan, and Bon)Bahan, M. O., "Jean Baptiste Bahan and Francoise Guillory", in New Orleans Genesis Vol. XLII, No. 165., who was born in 1730 in Barsac, Gironde, and who settled in what is now St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, where he died 1812.Jean Baptiste (Bahans) Baham (1730 - abt. 1812). WikiTree. (2026, March 31). https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bahans-1 Unrelated to en Bahamas. Pronunciation Bahan fr [ba.ɑ̃] [ba.ɔ̃] Louisiana fr ɑ̃ fr Bahan Bahans Pronunciation fr especially Louisiana fr French common among Louisiana Creoles Descendants en Baham Bayham 1 References