The English surname Buckingham is an habitational name from the former county seat of the county of Buckinghamshire, derived from the Old English termBuccingahamm meaning “ a water meadow (hamm) of the people of (-inga-) Bucc.” The name is first recorded in 1273 when John de Bukingham is recoded in the Hundred Rolls for Oxford. The earliest record of the name in the New World occurs in 1637 when Thomas Buckingham arrived in Boston Massachusetts from England. Today there are approximately 8,000 bearers of the name Buckingham living in the United States.

BUCKINGHAM RAISED FAMILY CREST PENDANT