Needham

Meaning

Proper Noun

• small village South Norfolk (district) Norfolk (county) England (constituent country) .
• town Choctaw County (county) Alabama (state) USA (country).
• (unincorporated) community Johnson County (county) Indiana (state) USA (country), derived from the surname.
• town city, Boston Massachusetts (state) USA (country), named after Needham Market.

Origin

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