Stoneham

Stoneham

English

Alternative forms

  • Stonham, Stanham

Etymology

From Middle English Stonham, from Old English stān + hām. By surface analysis, stone +‎ home.

Proper noun

Stoneham (countable and uncountable, plural Stonehams)

  1. A habitational surname from locations.
  2. A placename
    1. A historical village in Hampshire, England: see North Stoneham and South Stoneham.
    2. A resort community in Stoneham-and-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada.
    3. A place in the United States:
      1. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
      2. A town in Oxford County, Maine.
      3. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
        • 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.
      4. A township in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
      5. An unincorporated community in Grimes County, Texas, almost a ghost town.

Derived terms

  • North Stoneham
  • South Stoneham
  • Stoneham-and-Tewkesbury
  • Stoneham and Tewkesbury
  • Stoneham et Tewkesbury
  • Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

Descendants

  • French: Stoneham

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Stoneham is the 32123rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 718 individuals. Stoneham is most common among White (70.33%) and Black/African American (21.73%) individuals.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

    Borrowed from English Stoneham.

    Proper noun

    Stoneham ?

    1. Stoneham (a resort community in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Quebec, Canada)

    Derived terms

    • Stoneham et Tewkesbury
    • Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury

    Descendants

    • English: Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury