Hannam Name Meaning
English: variant of Hannum .
Hannum Name Meaning
English (Wiltshire):: habitational name from Old Norse afnám ‘newly enclosed plot taken from common or undeveloped land’ a frequent minor placename in northern counties e.g. Avenham Park in Preston (Lancashire) and Aynhems in Rimington (Yorkshire) sometimes with prosthetic H- as in Haynholme in Draughton (Yorkshire). habitational name from Hanham (Gloucestershire) from Old English hānum ‘(at) the stones’ dative plural form of hān ‘stone’. The ending -ham comes by analogy with other placenames with this very common unstressed ending.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Hallam, Hannay, Canham, Haslam, Hanney, Hanna, Annan, Hanas, Handal
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts