English Explanatory Dictionary

Hamill

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. A census-designated place in Tripp County, South Dakota, United States.

Word forms

Hamill Hamills Hammill

Etymology

Of multiple origins, but chiefly a reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hÁdhmaill (“descendant of Ádhmall”), a nickname from ádhmall (“active”).

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