Baynham Family Crest & Name History

Arms linked to Bynum and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

The spelling Baynham grew out of Bynum, an English surname with a long paper trail. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Little homestead / Baynham”.

Before spelling was fixed, Bynum was also written Baynham. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Bynam. The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Baynham with 535 bearers, at rank 40,800. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. Names that sound alike, such as Bonham, are easily confused in old records.

Get the complete Baynham report, with a museum-style coat of arms.