The hamilton Surname
hamilton Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from what is now a
deserted village in the parish of Barkby, Leicestershire. This is
named from Old English hamel ‘crooked’ + dun
‘hill’. Hamilton near Glasgow was founded by the Hamiltons and named
after them. In Ireland, this name may have replaced Hamill in a
few cases. It has also been used as the equivalent of the Irish (Cork)
name Ó hUrmholtaigh.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| HAMILTON James M 1890-1959 |
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| Books on the Hamilton Family |
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| HAMILTON Emma Bess 1894-1973 |
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| Hamiltons in Alabama and Mississippi | Brent Hamilton | 16 |
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