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Type Surname (from location)
Usage French
Pronounced Pron. /a.mɛl/  [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsDuhamel

Meaning & History

topographic name for someone who lived and worked at an outlying farm dependent on the main village Old French hamel (a diminutive from an ancient Germanic element cognate with Old English ham "homestead"); or a habitational name from (Le) Hamel the name of several places in the northern part of France named with this word.
Added 3/15/2023 by Paradiso36
Edited 11/23/2024 by Paradiso36


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User submission Hamel