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in reply to a message by Elphi
Normally Soames rhymes with the words "combs" and "domes".
It is an English surname originally, indicating that one's ancestor came from a place called Soham in Cambridgeshire or Suffolk. The place name meant "homestead by a swampy pool."
The above information is from A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson; and A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills.
It is an English surname originally, indicating that one's ancestor came from a place called Soham in Cambridgeshire or Suffolk. The place name meant "homestead by a swampy pool."
The above information is from A Dictionary of English Surnames by Reaney & Wilson; and A Dictionary of English Place-Names by A. D. Mills.
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