The wakeham Surname
wakeham Name Meaning and History
English (Devon): habitational name, primarily from Wakeham in
Devon, named from the Old English byname Waca (meaning
‘watchful’) + Old English ham ‘homestead’, and to a lesser
extent from either of two other places called Wakeham: one in Sussex,
which has the same etymology, and the other on the Isle of Portland in
Dorset, which is probably named from an Old English wacu
‘watch’, ‘wake’ + cumb ‘valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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 isobellayla
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| Craig Robert Wakeham |
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stevewakeham
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isobellayla
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| William Walter Wakeham b. Galmpton Devon 1819 | George Currie NZ | 3 |
| any info on charles wakeham |
jnaevo
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| Henry and Lucy Wakeham/England |
mwakehamboudreau
| 5 |
| info please? | Lorna | 7 |
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