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Surname Etymology and Meaning of CANHAM

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English: habitational name from a place in Suffolk called Cavenham (of which this is a reduced form), from the genitive case of an unattested Old English byname Cafna (from caf ‘bold’, ‘active’) + Old English ham ‘homestead’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)