How the River Thames got its name?

Answer 1

The River is named after Thames Head which is believed to be the source although there is some doubt about whether this is the "true" source of the river several others having a claim. It is located near Cirencester in Gloucestershire. The River has given it's name to Thames Valley not the other way round. Thames is derived from middle English Temes which itself comes from the Celtic Temasis meaning dark. The "h" was added in the 14th century giving it a Greek look when the Celts were incorrectly believed to have come from Greece (there is a Greek river Thyamis). It is pronounced phonetically - Temz.

Answer 2

The Thames, from Middle English Temese, is derived from the Brittonic Celtic name for the river, Tamesas (from *tamēssa), recorded in Latin as Tamesis and yielding modern Welsh Tafwys "Thames".

Answer 3

it derives freom the Celtic name Tamesas. The Celts inhabited Britain during the first half of the first millennium

Answer 4

It is named Thames after its Roman name - Tamesis.

Answer 5

The name of the Thames is derived from its Celtic name of Temases and later Temisiam, it is also recorded in Latin as Temesis

Answer 6

There is an old English word 'Temese' derived from an earlier Celtic word 'Temesas'. Another name, possibly from the Roman era suggests 'Temesubugus'

Answer 7

From its Roman name - Tamesis.

Answer 8

From its Roman name - Tamesis.