Given name & surname

Maugham

“gravelly soil, sandbank”

Maugham is a surname.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Maugham is a form of Malham. Malham probably goes back to Old Norse malg, meaning “gravelly soil, sandbank.”

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Where it comes from

Maugham is a form of Malham. Malham probably comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Maugham’s family of names

In English usage, Maugham as a surname has a related form in MALHAM.

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