The wareham Surname
wareham Name Meaning and History
English: habitational name for someone from either of the places
called Warham, in Herefordshire and Norfolk, or from Wareham in
Dorset. All are named with Old English wær ‘weir’ + either
ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by
water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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