The winham Surname
winham Name Meaning and History
English: perhaps a variant of Wingham, a habitational name
from Wingham, a place in Kent named from an unattested Old English
personal name Wiga or Old English wig ‘heathen
temple’ + -inga- ‘of the family or followers of’ +
ham ‘homestead’, i.e. ‘homestead of Wiga’s people’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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