Higham (also Hayem, Heyem, Hyam, Hyams, Hyman, and others) is a

surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name ...

with two possible origins. The first is the name based on geographical locations in England, see Higham, and was originally for people from those locations. The second is from the Hebrew word "khayim" which means life.

People with the surname Higham

* Alice Higham, saint * Charles Higham (biographer) (1931–2012), biographer and poet * Charles Higham (archaeologist) * Sir Clement Higham, Knight, of Barrow Hall * Darrel Higham rockabilly guitarist *Prof Desmond Higham FRSE, mathematician * Dick Higham, a baseball player, but remembered as a dishonest umpire. *

Edward Higham Edward Henry Higham (26 July 1846 – 20 April 1885) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council from 1880 to 1884. Life The son of a baker, Edward Higham was born in Brackley, Northamptonshire, England (one source says Oxfordshi ...

, Australian politician. *

Frank Higham Frank Higham (8 July 1905–1975) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Coventry City, Walsall and Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (), commonly known as Wolves, is a professional footba ...

, English footballer * James Higham, Idaho Potato Commissioner * Jennifer Higham, British actress * John Higham (historian), American historian *

John Higham (Australian politician) John Joseph Higham (1856–1927) was the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Member for Fremantle from 1896 to 1904. Higham was born in Fremantle to parents John Henry and Mary Higham, who had recently arrived in the Swan River Colony. ...

, Australian politician *

John Sharp Higham John Sharp Higham (14 June 1857 – 5 January 1932) was a British Liberal Party politician and cotton manufacturer. Background A son of Eli Higham, a cotton manufacturer from Accrington. He was educated privately. He married in 1899, Pollie Har ...

, British politician * Mickey Higham, English rugby league player *Prof Nicholas Higham (Nicholas John Higham), FRS, British mathematician, University of Manchester *Prof

N. J. Higham Nicholas John Higham, (born 1951) is a British archaeologist, historian, and academic. He was Professor of Early Medieval and Landscape History at the University of Manchester, and is now an emeritus professor. Higham was trained as an archaeol ...

(Nicholas John Higham), British medieval historian, University of Manchester *

Nick Higham Nicholas Geoffrey Higham (born 1 June 1954) is a British journalist, most notably as a correspondent for BBC News. He was educated at Bradfield College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a degree in English in 1975. ...

(Nicholas Geoffrey Higham), BBC Reporter * Ruth Higham, model * Scott Higham, United States journalist *Tim Higham, also known as Tim FitzHigham FRSA, FRGS, actor, author and explorer * Tom Higham (disambiguation), several people

People with the surname Hyam

* Barry Hyam (born 1975), English cricketer * Dominic Hyam (born 1995), Scottish footballer * Luke Hyam (born 1991), English footballer * Solomon Hyam (1837–1901), Australian politician * Stephanie Hyam, British actress *

Peter Chapple-Hyam Peter Chapple-Hyam (born 2 April 1963 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England) is a Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He trained Dr Devious to win The Derby in 1992 and repeated the feat with Authorized in 2007. He managed two Group One wins ...

(born 1963), English racehorse trainer

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{{Surname, Higham or Hyam Hebrew-language names English-language surnames English toponymic surnames

People with the surname Higham

People with the surname Hyam

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