Oldham

Meanings

1. A placename
2. A town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD922053).
3. A community in the Regional Municipality of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
4. An unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri, United States.
6. A minor city in Kingsbury County, South Dakota, United States.
7. Ellipsis of Oldham County
8. A habitational surname from toponymy.

Etymology

Recorded as Aldehulme in the Domesday Book, the English toponym is named with Old English eald (“old”) + Old Norse holmr (“holm, islet”). Or else, the first element may be Old English Alda, a male given name, or the Cumbric/Proto-Brythonic equivalent of Welsh allt (“cliff”).