The dunham Surname
dunham Name Meaning and History
English (chiefly Norfolk): habitational name from any of several
places called Dunham, of which one is in Norfolk. Most are named from
Old English dun ‘hill’ + ham ‘homestead’. A place
in Lincolnshire now known as Dunholme appears in Domesday Book as
Duneham and this too may be a source of the surname; here the
first element is probably the Old English personal name Dunna.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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