Hamill

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’.

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’. ==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.. ==See also== Hamel (disambiguation) Hamill (film), a biographical film about deaf wrestler Matt Hamill Hamill, South Dakota, a census-designated place in the United States Hammill, another spelling Hamilton (name), a related surname ==References==

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