Neasham Family History
Neasham Name Meaning
from Neasham (Durham) which is recorded as Nesshai' Nessham and Nesham in the 12th century and Neasham in 1538. The place-name derives from Old English *nēs or *nesu ‘nose’ in the sense ‘a projecting piece of land in the bend of a river’ + hām ‘homestead’ though if the form Nesshai' is genuine then it suggests Old Scandinavian heim ‘homestead’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016