Hammond

Meanings

1. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A town in Mount Remarkable council area and Orroroo Carrieton council area, South Australia; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor William Jervois.
4. A parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. A river in New Brunswick, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States:
7. A neighborhood of Fresno, California.
8. A village in Piatt County, Illinois; named for railroad official Charles Goodrich Hammond.
9. A city in Lake County, Indiana; named for Detroit butcher George H. Hammond.
10. A township in Spencer County, Indiana.
11. An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas; named for a family of early settlers.
12. A city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; named for Swedish immigrant and founder Peter av Hammerdal (anglicized to Peter Hammond).

1. A Hammond organ.

Etymology

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 *Haimarīks (“Henry”). The river in New Brunswick is named after British politician and colonial governor Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet (1738 - 1828). The civil parish is named after a settlement, named in turn after the river.