Northam Family History
Northam Name Meaning
English (southwestern): habitational namefrom Northam (Devon) Northam Farm in Brean (Somerset) Northam in Southampton (Hampshire) or a lost Northam in Redbridge Hundred Hampshire. The placenames derive from Old English north ‘north northern’ + hām ‘village homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’. Northam in Southampton is likely to derive from hamm as the settlement is hemmed in by a bend in the river Itchen.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022