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[Surname] Dunham
by HailCthulhu
11/12/2018, 6:55 PM
I think this is Scottish or English. "Dun" is likely "dark" or "fort" but I can't find anything for the "ham" part.
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- Lepic   +1
11/13/2018, 7:30 AM
The placename Dunham is from dun 'hill' and ham 'homestead'.
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- Jim Young (guest)
11/15/2018, 12:23 PM
English, from one or more locations of the name; Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Cheshire. The last of these is called Dunham-on-the-Hill.
I agree with M. Lepic on the meaning.
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