Langham (surname)

Langham is an English toponymic surname.[1][2]

There are several localities in England with the name Langham from which the surname may have arisen. Langham, Dorset and Langham, Rutland likely got their names the Old English words lang meaning "long" and hamm meaning "water meadow".[3] The Langham baronets got their name from the location in Rutland.[4] Langham, Suffolk and Langham, Norfolk got their names from Old English lang meaning "long" and hām meaning "village" or "homestead".[3] Langham, Essex gets its name from Old English meaning "homestead of the people of" someone named "Lahha" or "Lāwa".[5][6] Langham, sometimes referred to as Langham Row,[7][8] in Lincolnshire gets its name from Old English and Old Norse, from a combination of either lang from Old English or langr from Old Norse meaning "long" and holmr from Old Norse meaning "island".[3] It has been described as meaning "long river-island" in Old English.[5] There are more places throughout England named Langham after an elongated homestead or enclosure from which the surname may have arisen,[9][10] including in Devon.[11][12] A dweller of any long enclosure may also have been given the name Langham.[13] In addition to the various places still named Langham from which the surname is derived, in some instances it may come from Longham, Norfolk, which was recorded as Langham in 1254.[7][8]

Notable people with the surname include:

References

  1. ↑ De Bhulbh, Seán (1997). Sloinnte na h-Éireann =: Irish surnames. Faing, Co. Luimnigh: Comhar-Chumann Íde Naofa. p. 245. ISBN 0953056007.
  2. ↑ Parkin, Harry (2021). Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain $ Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191939877. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 Dictionary of American family names (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. 2022. ISBN 9780190245122.
  4. ↑ Lower, Mark Antony (1860). Patronymica Britannica. A dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith. p. 186.
  5. 1 2 Cottle, Basil (1987). The Penguin dictionary of surnames (2., reprinted ed.). London: Penguin Books. p. 162. ISBN 014051032X.
  6. ↑ Mills, A. D. (2011). A dictionary of British place-names (1., rev ed.). Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press. ISBN 9780191739446.
  7. 1 2 Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (2016). The Oxford dictionary of family names in Britain and Ireland (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 1528. ISBN 9780199677764.
  8. 1 2 Reaney, Percy H.; Wilson, R. M. (1991). A dictionary of English surnames (Third with corrections and additions ed.). London New York: Routledge. p. 1891. ISBN 0203993551.
  9. ↑ Ayto, John (2007). Encyclopedia of Surnames. London: A & C Black. p. 179. ISBN 9780713681444.
  10. ↑ Dunkling, Leslie (1998). Dictionary of Surnames. Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers. p. 150. ISBN 0004720598.
  11. ↑ Barber, Henry (1903). British Family Names (2 ed.). London: E. Stock. p. 182.
  12. ↑ "Elongated Enclosure, Higher Langham". Heritage Gateway. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  13. ↑ Harrison, Henry; Pulling, Gyða (1912). Surnames of the United Kingdom: a concise etymological dictionary. Vol. 1. London: Eaton Press. p. 263.
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