The fotheringham Surname
fotheringham Name Meaning and History
Scottish: habitational name from Fotheringham near Forfar, which
seems to have been named after Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire, which
was held in the 12th century by the royal family of Scotland as part
of the honor of Huntingdon. The Northamptonshire place appears in
Domesday Book as Fodringeia, probably from Old English
fodring ‘grazing’ (a derivative of fodor ‘fodder’)
+ eg ‘island’, ‘low-lying land’. In the case of the Scottish
place, the final element has early been replaced by -ham
‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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