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4/29/2024, 1:58 PM Mike C
6/12/2023, 11:31 AM Paradiso36

Name Northam
Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsNorthen, Northern, Northerne, Northyn, Northryn, Northene
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The place names derive from Old English norþ "north northern" and ham "village homestead" or ham "water meadow".
Added 6/12/2023 by Paradiso36