Mottram

M3O1T1T1R1A1M3

proper noun

A surname from Old English.

UncommonScrabble 11

Meanings

proper nounMottram (plural Mottrams)

plural Mottrams

  1. A surname from Old English.

Origin

Habitational surname from the villages of Mottram in Longdendale and Mottram St Andrew, from the unattested Old English element *mōt (“meeting”) + either ærn (“house, hall”), rūm (“room, space”) or trēowum, dative plural form of trēow (“tree”).

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

Mottram. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottram

MLA

“Mottram.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottram. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Mottram,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Mottram.

Source: Mottram on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.