Huxham
English edit
Etymology edit
From the Old English personal name Hoc + -s- + hām (“homestead”).[1]
Proper noun edit
Huxham (countable and uncountable, plural Huxhams)
- A hamlet and civil parish of East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX9497).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Huxham is the 18355th most common surname in England, belonging to 259 individuals.
References edit
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Huxham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 220.