Woodham Family History
Woodham Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Surrey): habitational name from Woodham (Buckinghamshire) Woodham in Chertsey (Surrey) or Woodham Ferrers Mortimer or Walter (all in Essex). The Surrey and Essex placenames derive from Old English wudu ‘wood’ + hām ‘village homestead’. The Buckinghamshire placename derives from Old English wudu + hamm ‘water meadow’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022