Turnham Family History
Turnham Name Meaning
English (Buckinghamshire and Middlesex): habitational name primarily from Turnham Green in Chiswick (Greater London) but occasionally also from Turnham Hall in Cliffe (Yorkshire). The placenames probably derive from Old English trun turn ‘circular round’ possibly also ‘bend (in a river)’ + hām ‘village homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure water meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022