The story
- Old English · derived fromhlūd“loud, noisy”
- English todayLudlam
Habitational surname from a lost settlement in Derbyshire, from Old English hlūd (“loud, noisy”) + hamm (“water meadow”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhlūd all →
loudLedwell
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.