Given name & surname · also Old English
Oldham
“old”
Oldham is a surname from Old English (ultimately Proto-Brythonic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Oldham goes back to Old English eald, meaning “old.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Oldham comes from Old English, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old English eald (“old”), from Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”), from Old English Alda.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Similar names
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“tax, payment”
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“oak”
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Hougham
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“homestead”
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“belonging to” · “homestead”
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Bloxham
“manor, estate”
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