Meaning and Origin
What does the name Hampton mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- United States musician who was the first to use the vibraphone as a jazz instrument (1913-2002)
Variously from:
- Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
- Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).
- Any of several places in England and Scotland, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
- A suburb of Richmond upon Thames borough, Greater London, England, originally in Middlesex.
- A hamlet on the west bank of the Severn in Shropshire, England, opposite Hampton Loade (OS grid ref SO7486).
- An English and Scottish habitational surname from the placenames.
- A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas, United States.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A city in Florida.
- A city in Georgia, United States.
- A village in Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Iowa.
- A small city in Dakota County, Minnesota.
- A hamlet in Missouri.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A town in New Brunswick, Canada.
- A town in New Hampshire.
- A borough of New Jersey.
- A town in New York.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A community in Prince Edward Island.
- A town in Queensland, Australia.
- A town in Victoria, Australia.
- A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
- A city in Virginia.