Hamill is a surname originally of Norman origin, a habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in
Manche France named from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagano, Old French ville ‘settlement’.
In
England (
Lancashire): nickname for a maimed person or someone with a distinctive scar from Middle English
Old English hamel ‘mutilated scarred’.
Irish (
Ulster): according to MacLysaght a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hÁdhmaill ‘descendant of Ádhmall’ which he derives from ádhmall meaning ‘active’.
Notable people
Aaron Hamill (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
Red Hamill (Robert George Hamill; 1917–1985), Canadian ice hockey player
Rob Hamill (born 1964), New Zealand rower and political candidate
Tommy Hamill (died 1996), Northern Irish footballer
Zach Hamill (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Name history
This surname
Hamill is derived from the name of an ancestor. '
the son of Hamel'; compare the local Hamilton,' the town of Hamil' (v. Town). From the same root as Hamo; v. Hammon and Hamlin..
Hamill Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): of Norman origin a habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche France named from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville ‘settlement’.
The English (
Lancashire): nickname for a maimed person or someone with a distinctive scar from Middle English Old English hamel ‘mutilated scarred’.
This page lists people with the
surnameHamill. If an
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Hamill is a surname originally of Norman origin, a habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in
Manche France named from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagano, Old French ville ‘settlement’.
In
England (
Lancashire): nickname for a maimed person or someone with a distinctive scar from Middle English
Old English hamel ‘mutilated scarred’.
Irish (
Ulster): according to MacLysaght a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic
Ó hÁdhmaill ‘descendant of Ádhmall’ which he derives from ádhmall meaning ‘active’.
Notable people
Aaron Hamill (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
Red Hamill (Robert George Hamill; 1917–1985), Canadian ice hockey player
Rob Hamill (born 1964), New Zealand rower and political candidate
Tommy Hamill (died 1996), Northern Irish footballer
Zach Hamill (born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
Name history
This surname
Hamill is derived from the name of an ancestor. '
the son of Hamel'; compare the local Hamilton,' the town of Hamil' (v. Town). From the same root as Hamo; v. Hammon and Hamlin..
Hamill Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire): of Norman origin a habitational name from Haineville or Henneville in Manche France named from the ancient Germanic personal name Hagano + Old French ville ‘settlement’.
The English (
Lancashire): nickname for a maimed person or someone with a distinctive scar from Middle English Old English hamel ‘mutilated scarred’.
This page lists people with the
surnameHamill. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.