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View Name: Hamilton


HAMILTON
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: HAM-il-tən   [key]
Meaning & History
From a surname meaning "crooked hill" in Old English, which was originally taken from the name of a town in England (which no longer exists). A famous bearer of the surname was Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), a founding father of the United States who was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr.
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