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Fordham.

A surname.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈfɔː(ɹ)d(h)əm/

  1. A surname.

  2. A male given name transferred from the surname or place name.

  3. A village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL6370).

  4. A village and civil parish in Colchester borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL9228).

  5. A hamlet and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TL6199).

  6. A neighbourhood in the western Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.

  7. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.

  8. A ghost town in Adams County, Wisconsin, United States.

Where this word comes from

From Old English ford + either hām (“homestead”) or hamm (“promontory”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.