Wickham
town · Hampshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
Wickham means 'white homestead' or 'white village'. It combines the Old English 'hwīt' (white) with 'hām' (homestead) or 'hām-tūn' (village).
Word origins
- Wick
- Old EnglishAttestedwhite(from hwīt "white")
- ham
- Old EnglishAttestedhomestead or village(from hām "homestead", hām-tūn "village")
Historical forms
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