Eastham

See also: East Ham

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Easom

Etymology

From Old English ēast (“east”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“river meadow”).

Proper noun

Eastham (countable and uncountable, plural Easthams)

1. A placename
   1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ358805).
      • 1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:

        At Ellesmere Port the railway ends, but the canal continues a little farther to Eastham, giving shipping an outlet to the River Mersey.

   2. A village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England.
   3. A town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Coordinate terms

• East Ham
• Northam
• Southam
• Westham

 

Derived terms

• North Eastham

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Eastham is the 13456^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2263 individuals. Eastham is most common among White (93.02%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Eastham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 508.

Anagrams

• athames, athamés, hamates