Wykeham
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English
Etymology
The second element is Old English hām (“homestead”), while the first one (in North Yorkshire at least) is from Old English wic; recorded as Wicham in 1086 (DB).
Proper noun
Wykeham (countable and uncountable, plural Wykehams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A locality in Weston parish, South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF2626).
- A hamlet in Malton parish, Ryedale district, North Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE8175).
- A village and civil parish in Scarborough district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9683).
- A township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Wykeham is the 47428th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 60 individuals.
References
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wykeham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.