Adlam (name)

Adlam is an English patronymic surname derived from the Old German given name "Adalhelm", meaning "noble protector" or "noble helmet". It appears not to be derived from the Anglo-Saxon cognate, Æðelhelm, which took different forms in later years, but instead to have come from continental Europe with Norman French. As a given name, "Adelelmus" appears in the 1086 Domesday Book for Kent, and patronymic forms occur in 12th century England, such as "Walterus filius Adelam" and "Robertus Adelelmus". Variants of the surname include Adlem, Odlam and Adlum.
In England, the name Adlam is most common in Wiltshire. An Adlam family were significant landowners in Somerset and Wiltshire, particularly in Chew Magna and Meare, and as owners of the manor of Chew Magna and Manor Farmhouse, Meare.
The name may refer to: