What We Know About the Winterbotham Surname

Search old registers for Winterbotham and you will soon meet Winterbottom too. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “winter valley”.

Heraldry and the Winterbotham name

Arms linked to Winterbottom and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

A variant of Winterbottom

Before spelling was fixed, Winterbottom was also written Winterbotham. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Winterbottam.

Want more than a summary? See the Winterbotham family name pack.