Newnham

English

Alternative forms

• Newingham

Etymology

From Old English nēowan, weak dative form of nēowe (“new”), + hām (“village, hamlet”).

Proper noun

Newnham (countable and uncountable, plural Newnhams)

1. A number of places in England:
   1. A council ward in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref (approx) TL0749).
   2. A western suburb of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL4357).
   3. A village in Newnham on Severn parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref SO6911).
   4. A village and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU7054).
   5. A village and civil parish (served by Caldecote and Newnham Parish Council) in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL2437).
   6. A village and civil parish in Swale borough, Kent (OS grid ref TQ9557).
   7. A village and civil parish in Daventry district, Northamptonshire (OS grid ref SP5759).
   8. A hamlet in Aston Cantlow parish, Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwickshire (OS grid ref SP1560).
2. A suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.
4. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Newnham College, Cambridge..

Derived terms

• Newnham Bridge

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Newnham is the 67318^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 293 individuals. Newnham is most common among White (93.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Newnham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 664.