Hammond

Meanings

Proper Noun

  • A male given name from surnames.
  • town South Australia (state) ; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor {{w William Jervois}}.
  • river New Brunswick (province) Canada (country).
  • locale US (country):

Noun

Origin

  • A patronymic surname from the Anglo-Norman given name Hamo, Hamon, from Germanic names beginning with a derivative of Proto-Germanic *haimaz ("home"), such as descendants of *HaimarÄ«ks.

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