The clapham Surname
clapham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from any of various places called
Clapham, for example in Bedfordshire, Surrey, Sussex, and North
Yorkshire. The first three are named with Old English clopp(a)
‘lump’, ‘hillock’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm
‘enclosure hemmed in by water’, while the Yorkshire place name is
formed with an Old English word clæpe ‘noisy stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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