Hampden
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English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Hamden
Etymology
From Old English hām (“homestead”) + denu (“valley”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hampden (countable and uncountable, plural Hampdens)
- A surname.
- A locality in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
- A rural locality in the Mid North, South Australia.
- A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
- Synonym: Riverhead (historical)
- A small town in North Otago district, Otago, New Zealand. [1]
- A town in Penobscot County, Maine.
- A neighborhood in northern Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
- A town in Hampden County, Massachusetts.
- A tiny city in Ramsey County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Geauga County, Ohio.
- A township municipality of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Hampden is the 155955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 141 individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hampden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 122.