Coningham Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Coningham, so the heraldry linked to Cunningham is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Family name meaning

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Coningham is usually a form of Cunningham. The name is usually explained as “From Cunninghame (Ayrshire)”.

Coningham is listed among the recognised spellings of Cunningham. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. The same family of names includes Cuningham, Conyngham and Cuninghame. Coningham sounds close to Cunninghame, so it can help to search both.

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