The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“homestead”
- English todayHomewood
Habitational surname from any of various minor places in England, from Old English hām (“homestead”) + wudu (“wood”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.