English: habitational name from any of the various places in
northern England named with the dative plural form (used originally
after a preposition) of Old Norse hlaða ‘barn’ (dative
plural hloðum, i.e. ‘at the barns’), as for example
Latham in West Yorkshire, Lathom in Lancashire, and Laytham in East
Yorkshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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