Given name & surname
Hamlin
“the little home-lover”
Hamlin is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “the little home-lover.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “the little home-lover.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In English usage, Hamlin developed from HAIMON.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hamlin through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 63
- 63 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 as a first name in 2020; 15,805 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hamlin’s family of names
In English usage, Hamlin developed from HAIMON. Hamlin has a related form in Hamblin. Hamlin has a related form in Hamelan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hamlin has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hamblingvariant · English
- Hamlingvariant · English
- Hamelunvariant
- Hamelonvariant
- Hamelynvariant
- Hamelanvariant
- Hamelenvariant
- Hamlunvariant
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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