Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from Bream in Worcestershire, which is probably named in Old English as ‘the place where broom grows’, from brēme, an unattested dialect variant of brōm ‘broom’.
- English : nickname for a fierce or energetic person, from Middle English brem(e), brim(me) ‘fierce’, ‘vigorous’ (from Old English brēme ‘famous’, ‘noble’).
- English : variant of Braham.