Hamon
HAY-mən
A Norman/French form of an old Germanic name, linked to the same family as Hamo, Haymon, and Aymon.
Meaning
Hamon is an old Germanic name form that passed into French as Hamon, alongside related shapes like Hamo, Haymon, and Aymon. The excerpts do not give a precise literal meaning, but they show it as a Norman-introduced medieval personal name related to the Hamo/Hamnet/Hamlet name family.
Origin
Old GermanicOld FrenchNormanmasculine
Fun fact
The same name family appears in medieval romance as Aymon, including the famous Quatre Filz Aymon tales.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature.