Message: "Latham" - Behind the Name

Latham

by ADT

1/15/2006, 6:52 PM

What does Latham (f) mean and where does it originate?

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- Cleveland Kent Evans (clevelandkentevans) +1

1/16/2006, 9:34 AM

Latham is an English place name and surname which goes back to one of several villages in England called Latham or Laytham, which meant "place at the barns". See A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills.

- ADT

1/21/2006, 7:21 PM

Thank you!

- Annneza (guest) +1

1/15/2006, 11:40 PM

The closest I can get is that laett in Anglo-Saxon is the same as lath, a plank or piece of wood! And ham of course is a village or settlement, as in hamlet. Village of wooden houses? Seems odd - surely they all had wooden houses, or wattle and daub anyway - but etymologically it fits. Maybe it could have been used for a settlement of woodcutters?

It's a pretty ordinary surname in English, but as a female name, it seems beyond odd. Perhaps it's the next Madison?

- ADT

1/21/2006, 7:20 PM

Thank you. The woman with the name is perhaps in her 30s. :)

- Chrisell +1

1/15/2006, 10:39 PM

The only usage of Latham that I'm familiar with is an English surname. Where did you see it on a female?

♦ Chrisell ♦

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- ADT

1/21/2006, 7:21 PM

My professor's first name.
She's approx. in her 30s.

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