-ingham
-ingham is a suffix of English origin. Often following the name of a person, -ing means "folk of" or "clan of", and -ham suggests a home (village).[1][2]
The following is a list of surnames, place names, and fictional names that are suffixed with -ingham.
Real names
[edit]- Aldingham
- Bassingham
- Bellingham
- Bermingham
- Bessingham
- Billingham
- Birmingham
- Bressingham
- Brittingham
- Buckingham
- Burlingham
- Burningham
- Castlebellingham
- Chillingham
- Collingham
- Cottingham
- Cunningham
- Dersingham
- Dillingham
- Dullingham
- Edlingham
- Effingham
- Ellingham
- Farningham
- Fotheringham
- Framingham
- Framlingham
- Frodingham
- Gillingham
- Hassingham
- Hurlingham
- Immingham
- Lessingham
- Manningham
- Nottingham
- Pattingham
- Rockingham
- Sandringham
- Sheringham
- Uppingham
- Vanlandingham
- Walsingham
- Warlingham
- Whittingham
- Willingham
- Winningham
- Woldingham
- Wolsingham
Fictional names
[edit]- Cherringham: a series of mystery novels set in an English village of the same name penned by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Online Etymology Dictionary https://www.etymonline.com/word/-ing
- ^ "Ing - definition, etymology and usage, examples and related words".
- ^ Graeme (2019-03-10). "Cherringham". Book Series in Order. Retrieved 2024-09-23.