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Fotheringham

Fotheringham proper noun: a surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Fotheringham (plural Fotheringhams)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Forms of Fotheringham

pluralFotheringhams

Origin of Fotheringham

Habitational surname from a minor place in Scotland, near Forfar, from Old English fōdring (“grazing”) + hām (“homestead”).

Questions about Fotheringham

What does Fotheringham mean?
Fotheringham means a surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Fotheringham?
Fotheringham is a proper noun.

Words near Fotheringham in the dictionary

  1. fothergilla
  2. fothergillas
  3. Fothergillian
  4. Fothergills
  5. fothering
  6. Fotheringham
  7. Fotheringhams
  8. Fotheringhay
  9. fothermucker
  10. fothermuckers
  11. fothers

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