Needham

• Neadham (archaic)

From Old English nīed (“need, necessity”) + hām (“homestead”), i.e. a place that provided a poor living.

Needham (countable and uncountable, plural Needhams)

1. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281). ^[1]
2. A town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Johnson County, Indiana, United States, derived from the surname.
4. A town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, named after Needham Market.
   • 2025 January 22, Nick Stoico, “Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns”, in Boston Globe‎^[1], archived from the original on 23 January 2025:

     Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.

5. A habitational surname from Old English.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Needham is the 3289^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10983 individuals. Needham is most common among White (90.39%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Needham”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 655.

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