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Origin: British

Meaning: Village near the wedge-shaped piece of land

Based on the meaning alone, whoever came up with the name Gorham planned to keep it to themselves and never thought of the bigger picture. This masculine Old English name has a pretty specific meaning of "village near the wedge-shaped piece of land." Of course, if you or baby Gorham grows up in a village near a wedge-shaped piece of land, you are winners twice over. The first win comes from the fact that baby Gorham has a beautifully unique name that harks back to a time memorialized only by paintings.