English (Devon): habitational name from Northam in Devon, named in
Old English with norþ ‘north’ + hamm ‘enclosure
hemmed in by water’ or ‘promontory’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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