Thurnham

English

Etymology

From Old English þorn (“thornbubsh”) + hām (“homestead”).[1]

Proper noun

Thurnham (countable and uncountable, plural Thurnhams)

(uncountable) A placename:
1. A small village and civil parish in Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8057).
2. A civil parish (served by Thurnham with Glasson Parish Council) in City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England; settlements include Lower Thurnham and Upper Thurnham.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

Lower Thurnham
Upper Thurnham

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Thurnham is the 43863^rd most common surname in England, belonging to 68 individuals.

References

"Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thurnham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Forebears

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