Witham
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Wit or wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun edit
Witham (countable and uncountable, plural Withams)
- A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8214). [1]
- A river, the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Witham is the 7734th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4293 individuals. Witham is most common among White (95.15%) individuals.
References edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Witham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Towns in Essex, England
- en:Towns in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Essex, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Rivers in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English