{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''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 *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. '[https://forebears.io/surnames/hamill#meaning 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’.
==See also== *Hamel (disambiguation) *''Hamill'' (film), a biographical film about deaf wrestler Matt Hamill *Hamill, South Dakota, a census-designated place in the United States *Hammill, another spelling *Hamilton (name), a related surname
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