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- 11,757
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Chisholm
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: habitational name from Chisholme near Hawick in southern Scotland, which derives its name from Old English cȳse, cēse ‘cheese’ (Latin caseus) + holm ‘piece of dry land in a fen’ and refers to a waterside meadow good for dairy farming and hence for producing cheeses. In the 14th century members of this family migrated to the Highlands, settling in Strathglass, where their name was Gaelicized as Siosal.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,757
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Chisholm per capita
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