Trentham
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the name of the river Trent + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Proper noun
Trentham (countable and uncountable, plural Trenthams)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8741).
- A town in the Shire of Hepburn and the Shire of Moorabool, Victoria, Australia.
- A suburb of Upper Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Trentham is the 23725th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1067 individuals. Trentham is most common among White (96.06%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Trentham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.