The hampton Surname
hampton Name Meaning and History
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the numerous
places called Hampton, including the cities of Southampton and
Northampton (both of which were originally simply Hamtun).
These all share the final Old English element tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’, but the first is variously ham
‘homestead’, hamm ‘water meadow’, or hean, weak
dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of
heah ‘high’. This name is also established in Ireland,
having first been taken there in the medieval period.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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