noun
Hampton
HAMP-tuhn
noun
1
A surname and place name found in England, Canada, Australia, and the United States, generally derived from Old English words meaning "farm by a river bend" or "home town."
"She was born in Hampton, Virginia."
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Etymology
From Old English hām-tūn, roughly "home settlement" or "farm by the river bend," a very common English place-name element.