Isham
English
editEtymology
editFrom the name of the River Ise + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
editIsham (countable and uncountable, plural Ishams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A village and civil parish in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref SP8874).
- A community of Saskatchewan, Canada.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Isham is the 7988th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4139 individuals. Isham is most common among White (79.61%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Isham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 233.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Northamptonshire, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Villages in Saskatchewan
- en:Villages in Canada
- en:Places in Saskatchewan
- en:Places in Canada
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English
- English 2-syllable words