Somes Family History
Somes Name Meaning
English: habitational name with post-medieval excrescent -s from Saham Toney (Norfolk) Earl and Monk Soham (Suffolk) or Soham (Cambridgeshire) and perhaps also Siam Hall near Newton (Suffolk) all of which share the same etymology (‘lake estate’ Old English sǣ ‘sea lake’ + hām ‘village homestead estate’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022