The putnam Surname
putnam Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name from either of two places, in
Hertfordshire and Surrey, called Puttenham, from the genitive case of
the Old English byname Putta, meaning ‘kite’ (the bird) + Old
English ham ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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