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’.