Hammon
A medieval English surname from the old personal name Hamo or Hamon, meaning it originally signaled “son of Hamo.”
The #7,520 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 69,789 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Hammon is a patronymic surname built from the medieval personal name Hamo, also recorded as Hamon and related forms such as Hammond. The name ultimately goes back to a Germanic personal name, though the exact deeper origin was handled differently by older scholars. In practice, the surname meant “descendant of Hamo” or “son of Hamo.”
History
Historical surname dictionaries commonly treat Hammon as a shortened or variant form of Hammond. The name appears in medieval records in England, especially in forms linked to Norman and post-Conquest naming habits. Over time, Hammond became the better-known spelling, while Hammon survived as a less common variant.
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Fun fact
Nineteenth-century surname writers often filed Hammon simply as a cross-reference to Hammond, showing how closely the two names were treated in historical record.
From the historical record
“HAMI\nCK. See Hammack. HAMMON. See Hammond. HAMMOND. Hamo is a well-known Domesd. personal name, which in later times assumed the form of Hamon, Hamond, Hammond. HAMOND. See Hammond. HAMP. As we have the local names Hampstead, Hampden, Hampsthwaite, &c., as well as the patronymical Hampson, this”
— Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom