Newcomb Family History
Newcomb Name Meaning
English: nickname for a new arrival in a place from Middle English newe-comen newe-come ‘newly arrived recently come’ (Old English nīwe + cumen cuma). The intrusive -b- is the result of the influence of placenames ending in Old English cumb ‘valley’ (see Coombe ). No such placename as Newcombe is actually on record in Britain. Americanized form of German Neukamm possibly arising from a misinterpretation of its etymology as neu ‘new’ + Kamm ‘comb’ (see Neukam ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022