Newnam Family History
Newnam Name Meaning
English: habitational name of the same etymology as Newham . The middle -n- comes from the oblique case nīwan originally used after a preposition. There are places called Newnham in Bedfordshire Cambridgeshire Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022