Hammond

plural Hammonds

1. countableuncountableAn English surname originating as a patronymic.
2. countableuncountableA male given name transferred from the surname.

   The Glen was the prettiest place she knew, so pretty she thought she ought to name her first baby after it. With another "n" added "to make it look more like a name", she called him Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The middle name was taken from the town itself, or its first settler, Lazarus Hammond.

   1937, Clara Studer, Sky storming Yankee, Stackpole sons, published 1937, page 19

3. countableuncountableA town in Mount Remarkable council area and Orroroo Carrieton council area, South Australia; named for William Henry Hammond Jervois, son of South Australia Governor William Jervois.
4. countableuncountableA parish in Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada.
5. countableuncountableA river in New Brunswick, Canada.
6. A locale in the United States:
   1. countableuncountableA neighborhood of Fresno, California.
   2. countableuncountableA village in Piatt County, Illinois; named for railroad official Charles Goodrich Hammond.
   3. countableuncountableA city in Lake County, Indiana; named for Detroit butcher George H. Hammond.

      The funds were used to conduct Unifon projects in Indianapolis and Hammond, Indiana, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Washington, DC, and at several locations in the Chicago area.

      2006 July 28, Kenneth C. Anderson, “Why Unifon?”, in Unifon.org, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2022, page 1

   4. countableuncountableA township in Spencer County, Indiana.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas; named for a family of early settlers.
   6. countableuncountableA city in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana; named for Swedish immigrant and founder Peter av Hammerdal (anglicized to Peter Hammond).
   7. countableuncountableA town in Aroostook County, Maine.
   8. countableuncountableA township in Polk County, Minnesota.
   9. countableuncountableA minor city in Wabasha County, Minnesota; named for landowner Joseph Hammond.
   10. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Carter County, Montana.
   11. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in St. Lawrence County, New York; named for landowner Abijah Hammond.
   12. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Robertson County, Texas; named for landowner Dr. B. F. Hammond.
   13. countableuncountableA town and village therein, in St. Croix County, Wisconsin; named for landowner R. B. Hammond.

plural Hammonds

1. A Hammond organ.