# Faversham

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈfævəʃəm/ · frequency rank #73,174

## Definitions
1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in Swale borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR0161).
2. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old English Fefreshām, of which the second element is hām (“homestead”) and the first element is of uncertain origin; it may come from Latin faber (“smith, craftsman”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/faversham