Needham

English Alternative forms en Neadham archaic Etymology From en ang nīed need, necessity + ang hām homestead, i.e. a place that provided a poor living. Proper noun ~ s en small village/and/cpar in dist/South Norfolk co/Norfolk cc/England OS grid ref TM2281. Parish map (Norfolk) en town co/Choctaw County s/Alabama c/USA. en unincorporated community co/Johnson County s/Indiana c/USA, derived from the surname. en town co/Norfolk County s/Massachusetts c/USA, named after Needham Market. TopoZone: Needham, Massachusetts en Nick Stoico Newton city council approves generational tobacco ban, joining other Mass. towns w:Boston Globe https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 2025-01-22 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260609112223/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/01/22/metro/newton-ma-generational-tobacco-ban/ 9 June 2026 en habitational Old English. Derived terms en Needham Heights Needhamian Needham Market Needham-Schroeder protocol Needham's sac needham Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Needham is the 3289th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 10983 individuals. Needham is most common among White (90.39%) individuals. References Anagrams en adeehmn head men headmen