# Needham

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,688

## Definitions
1. A small village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM2281).
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.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

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

## Common misspellings (10)
`enedham`, `nedeham`, `nedham`, `needahm`, `needdham`, `needhamm`, `needhham`, `needhma`, `neehdam`, `nneedham`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/needham