Last name: WADHAM
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WADHAM : This last name is indexed 16,317 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WADHAM : from Wadham in Knowstone (Devon) which is recorded as Wadeham in 1086 and Wodham in 1244. The place-name derives from the Old English personal name Wada or Old English wād ‘woad’ + hām ‘village homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure water meadow’.
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