Stoneham Family History
Stoneham Name Meaning
English (Kent): habitational name from North and South Stoneham (Hampshire) Stonham Aspal (Suffolk) Little Stonham (Suffolk) or Stoneham Farms in South Malling (Sussex). The Hampshire and Suffolk placenames derive from Old English stān ‘stone rock’ + hām ‘village homestead’ while the Sussex placename derives from Old English stān + hamm ‘water meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022