Save Type Surname (from location) Usage English Pronounced Pron. /ˈhæmp.tən/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the name of multiple towns in England, derived from Old English ham "home" or ham "water meadow, enclosure" and tun "enclosure, yard, town". Categories bandleaders, cabaret singers, isograms, P-Funk members, place names, structures, towns, trombonists, vibraphonists, water, WITCH characters, xylophonists