# Witham

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #70,408

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL8214).
2. A river, the River Witham in Lincolnshire, England.
3. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From *wiht (“bend”) + hām (“homestead”).

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