Bream

A surname.

Proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in West Dean parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6005).
  3. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Origin

English surname, from an obsolete derivative of the root of the noun broom. Also from the adjective breme (“famous”). Compare the spelling variant Braham.

Forms

Breams