Eastham Family History
Eastham Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from any of various places so named from Old English ēast ‘east’ + hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘river meadow enclosure’. The name most often arises from Eastham (Cheshire) but sometimes from a place of the same name in Somerset or Worcestershire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022