Etymology

hamilton

Ham·il·ton
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Today it means: A United States ten-dollar bill. Full definition →

Old English *Hameldūne
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  1. Old English · inherited from*Hameldūne
  2. English todayHamilton

From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.