Hamlin.
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A placename: A community in Smoky Lake County, Alberta, Canada.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and township in Audubon County, Iowa.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A minor city and township in Brown County, Kansas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town in Aroostook County, Maine.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Eaton County, Michigan.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Mason County, Michigan.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town and census-designated place in Monroe County, New York.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A township in McKean County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A village in Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A city in Jones County, Texas.
A placename: A number of places in the United States: A town, the county seat of Lincoln County, West Virginia.
A placename: Ellipsis of Hamlin County.
Where this word comes from
From the Anglo-Norman personal name Hamlin, a double diminutive of Old French Haimon.
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