Tame.
A surname transferred from the nickname.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the nickname.
A river in the West Midlands, Warwickshire and Staffordshire, England, a tributary to the Trent.
A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Goyt at Stockport, then becoming the River Mersey.
Where this word comes from
English surname, from the adjective Middle English tame as a nickname, and in some cases a habitational surname from Thame in Oxfordshire.
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