Wakeham Family History
Wakeham Name Meaning
English:: habitational name primarily from Wakeham in Devon named from the Old English byname Waca (meaning ‘watchful’) + Old English hām ‘village homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’. habitational name from Wakeham in Terwick (Sussex) which has the same etymology as the placename in 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022