Given name & surname

Waltham

“forest”

Waltham is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Waltham goes back to Old English weald, meaning “forest.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Waltham comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English weald (“forest”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Similar names

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Old English · Nature

Walding

“wood, forest”

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Old English · Nature

Warter

“tree of the felon”

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Newham

“water-meadow”

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Sydenham

“large, spacious, wide” · “water meadow”

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Wickley

“from the village meadow”

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Hwitely

“from the white meadow”

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Ashtree

“ash tree”

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Old English · Nature

Ashmore

“ash-tree”

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>99% boys

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