Measham
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the name of the River Mease + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun[edit]
Measham (countable and uncountable, plural Meashams)
- A large village and civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK3312).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics[edit]
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Measham is the 23072nd most common surname in England, belonging to 183 individuals.
Further reading[edit]
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Measham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 563.
- Forebears
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old English
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Villages in Leicestershire, England
- en:Villages in England
- en:Civil parishes of England
- en:Places in Leicestershire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- English surnames from Old English