Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Antingham 1044–7 (13 Sawyer 1055) KCD 785

• Antigeham, Antingham, Attinga (sic) 1086 DB

• Antingham 1101–07,1147–49 Holme 1209to1286 Ass 1213 Cur 1214 Abbr 1242 P 1253,1321 Ch 1254–75 Val 1269,1288,1307 Ipm 1275 RH 1316 FA

• Antingeham 1153–68 Holme 1210 P 1269 Ass

• Antinggeham 1267 FF

• Antyngham 1286 Ass 1310 Pat 1318,1320,1353 FF 1346 BM 1376 Pat 1422 AD 1432 Fine 1535 VE

• Entingham 1257 Ass

• Entingeham 1264 Ch

Etymology

The meaning 'the hām of Anta 's people' is generally accepted, Anta being an OE  pers. name, recorded in to Antan hlawe 768–79 (11 Sawyer 141) BCS 246. This type of name, the genitive plural of a group-name in -ingas (Antinga -) and -hām , is quite common in East Anglia and gives the impression of great antiquity (DEPN, Mills, PN -ing 132). Smith (PN G1 II 91) regards Anta , Onta as a hypocoristic form of the rare Ontwini .