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’.

Notable people

• Aaron Hamill (born 1977), Australian rules footballer
• Alex Hamill (footballer, born 1961), Scottish footballer
• Alex Hamill (footballer, born 1912), Scottish footballer
• Billy Hamill (born 1970), American motorcycle speedway rider
• Brendan Hamill (disambiguation), several people
• Christine Hamill (1923–1956), English mathematician
• Christopher Hamill (born 1958), better known as Limahl, lead singer of the 1980s English pop group Kajagoogoo
• Claire Hamill (born 1954), English singer-songwriter
• David Hamill (born 1957), Queensland Australian Labor Party politician
• Desmond Hamill (1936–2013), British television reporter
• Dorothy Hamill (born 1956), American figure skater
• Harry Hamill (1879–1947), Australian rugby footballer
• James A. Hamill (1877–1941), U.S. Representative from New Jersey
• Jim Hamill, singer with The Kingsmen and the Oak Ridge Boys
• Jamie Hamill (born 1986), Scottish footballer
• Joe Hamill (born 1984), Scottish footballer
• John Hamill (born 1947), English actor
• John Hamill (baseball) (1860–1911), American baseball player
• Kate Hamill, American actress and playwright
• Matt Hamill (born 1976), American wrestler
• Mark Hamill (born 1951), American actor
• Mickey Hamill (1889–1943), Irish footballer
• Pat Hamill (born 1950), Scottish footballer
• Patrick Hamill (1817–1895), U.S. Representative from Maryland
• Pete Hamill (1935–2020), American journalist and writer
• Peter J. Hamill (c. 1885–1930), American politician
• 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’.

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