Meaning & origin
What it means
Newham goes back to Old English hamm, meaning “water-meadow.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English hamm (“water-meadow”), built from English new + -ham.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
If you love Newham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Waltham
“forest”
>99% boys
Sydenham
“large, spacious, wide” · “water meadow”
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Eacott
“river, running stream”
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Edenfield
“river”
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Heyzell
“from the hazel tree”
>99% girls
Hookway
“hook; hook-shaped bend in a river”
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Marsay
“meadow”
38% boys · 62% girls
Ashwood
“ash tree”
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