Hampton
English
Alternative forms
- Hanton
Etymology
Variously from:
- Old English hāmtūn, from hām and tūn (equivalent to home + town);
- Old English hēantūn, from hēah and tūn (equivalent to high + town).[1]
The town in New Brunswick may have been named after one of several towns in New England. The civil parish is named after the town.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhæmp.tən/
- Hyphenation: Hamp‧ton
- Rhymes: -æmptən
Proper noun
Hampton
- Any of several places in England, derived from Saxon words meaning farm by the bend of a river, including:
- A suburb of the borough of Richmond upon Thames, 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).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A small city, the county seat of Calhoun County, Arkansas.
- A town in Connecticut.
- A city in Florida.
- A city in Georgia.
- 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 Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
- A borough of New Jersey.
- An area of multiple towns on the south fork of Long Island, New York.
- A town, the county seat of Hampton County, South Carolina. Named after Wade Hampton III.
- A city in Virginia.
- Places in Canada:
- A civil parish of Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A town in Kings County, New Brunswick.
- A community in Nova Scotia.
- A community in Prince Edward Island.
- Places in Australia:
- A town in Queensland.
- A town in Victoria.
Derived terms
- East Hampton
- Hampton Bays
- Hampton County
- Hampton Court
- Hampton Hill
- Hampton in Arden
- Hampton Loade
- Hampton Roads
- Hampton Wick
- New Hampton
- Northampton
- Southampton
- South Hampton
- Wade Hampton
- Wolverhampton
References
- https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=hampton
Anagrams
- Phantom, phantom