Whitlam Family History
Whitlam Name Meaning
from a lost or unidentified place called Whitelom perhaps in Milton in the parish of Markham Clinton alias Little or West Markham (Notts) where the surname is earliest recorded. The place-name probably derives from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + *lum(m) ‘pool’. from Middle English whit ‘white’ + lamb ‘lamb’. Some or all of the post-medieval bearers may alternatively belong with (1).
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016