Medway Family History
Medway Name Meaning
English (southern):: habitational name from one or other of numerous minor places called Meadway (from Old English mǣd ‘meadow’ + weg ‘way path road’) such as that in Winfrith Newburgh (Dorset). topographic name from the river Medway (Kent and Sussex). The river name may derive from words based on Indo-European medhu ‘middle’ and wis- weis- ‘water’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022