Given name & surname

Wenham

“pasture”

Wenham is a surname from Old English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Wenham goes back to Old English wynn, meaning “pasture.”

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Where it comes from

Wenham comes from Old English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Old English wynn (“pasture”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wenham’s family of names

In English usage, Wenham as a surname has a related form in WANNAN.

Walk Wenham’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Wenham, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Old English

Wingham

“war” · “belonging to”

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Old English

Westerham

“western”

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Old English

Worsham

“homestead”

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Old English · Nature

Waltham

“forest”

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Old English

Wykeham

“homestead”

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Old English

Wareham

“weir”

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Old English

Willingham

“belonging to” · “homestead”

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Old English

Wintringham

“belonging to” · “homestead”

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Sibling ideas

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