Hamilton

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
1/21/2022, 9:40 PM	Mike C	update #111
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
10/10/2012, 5:50 PM	Mike C	update #84
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage English

Pronounced Pron. HAM-il-tən

Meaning & History

From a Scottish and English surname that was derived from Old English hamel "crooked, mutilated" and dun "hill". The surname was originally taken from the name of a town in Leicestershire, 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.