Ham

Where Ham comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ham.

Ham through the years
  1. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #845
    #845 among boys with 6 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1900
    Ham Fisher born
    American comic strip writer and cartoonist
  4. 1951
    Ham Lini born
    Prime Minister of Vanuatu
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ham Lini · Prime Minister of Vanuatu, 1951–2025
  • Ham Fisher · American comic strip writer and cartoonist, 1900–1955
  • Ham Hyatt · American baseball player, 1884–1963
  • Ham Kinsey · American actor, 1900–1967
  • Ham Wade · American baseball player, 1879–1968

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.