The story
- Old English · derived fromPēac-“Peak”
- English todayPeckham
Probably from Old English Pēac- (“Peak”) + hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“water meadow”). By surface analysis, Peck + -ham, referring to the River Peck in south London, though the river was likely named after the settlement.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.