Hallam

[nadruku14]

What do you think?

I'm not a fan. Sorry it sounds made up. Where is it from?

Presumably, it's from Sheffield. I'm not that keen on place names and I don't think this one works terribly well (sorry).

Sorry, my first thought was Sheffield as well.

I would think- why, when there is a world of lovely names out to there, would you do this?

It would automatically be shortened to Hal, anyway, so go for Henry - the traditional "long" for Hal.

Sheffield Hallam

Did you meet your DP at Uni there? A possible romantic reason for naming your child this?

I do know a little Hallum, but in a noisy playgroup I initially wondered whether I had heard correctly and he was infact a Callum.

My dad is a lecturer at Sheffield Hallam university, that's all it reminds me of, sorry.

Just finished reading Hallam Foe, brilliant book, character very cool, I like shortened Hal as well. Its old English

This piqued my curiousity, so I went to look into the origins of the place name. It's somewhat obscure, but seem to come from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning roughly rocks/heights/nooks so is probably linked to a geographical feature somewhere in Hallamshire.

It's also a pre-Norman surname (there are pages of genealogical stuff about this) based on the place name. And presumably, like any surname, it has been used more recently as a first name on the normal pattern of transference.

I would definitely think Sheffield Hallam.

Hallam Foe is my first thought. Only Hallam I've heard of. It's quite nice. I think it sounds like an old English word (it reminds me of hamlet, as in small village), so it's no surprise that it's a place name too. Not an issue though. Unless you live there, I guess! Hal is a good nn.

I do like Hal but not Hallam. Sorry.

Thanks. read Hallam Foe on hols, I liked the boy a lot, funny how these things influence. It is old English

I don't like it at all sorry.

Too close to haram for me, like Hal though

Not keen.

It's my step-dad's surname? Never heard of anyone using it as a first name but I have heard a Hartley recently so there you go.

I know one. He's four-ish I think. I like it.

You could have Hal from Henry, or Harold, but I quite like Hallam too!

I work in Sheffield. It's a no from me.

Sheffield Hallam university
Hallam FM
Hallamshire hospital
Diocese of Hallam
Hallam FC

I do like Hal though (thinks of Hal from Being Human)

I think it's great. My first thought was Arthur Hallam who Tennyson wrote In Memoriam for ...

First thought was Sheffield Hallam too. But that is not a negative.

Actually think it is a nice unusual name without being too out there. And 'Hal' is a cool name imo.

I clicked on this thread thinking it was going to be about Sheffield Hallam Uni . I suppose it's ok as a name but it 'sounds' like a Middle Easten name to me rather than a made up name. Obviously, this might be a good thing or a bad thing. What about dropping one of the 'L's so that it's Halam although that rather weirdly reminds me of salami

Sheffield