Given name & surname
Latham
“one who lives near the barn”
Latham is used as a given name and a surname. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who lives near the barn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who lives near the barn.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Latham through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 594
- 594 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,659 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,659 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 2015. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 548 as a first name in 2020; 20,465 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Latham’s family of names
Latham has a related form in Lathem. Latham has a related form in Lathim. Latham has a related form in Lathom.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Latham
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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