Family name origins & meanings
- English : habitational name from any of various places called Downham, in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lancashire, and Northumberland. The last two are named from Old English dūn, dative plural dūnum ‘(at) the hills’, while the others are named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + hām ‘homestead’.
- English : Variant spelling of Dunham.