# Hamp

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #72,376

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. Nickname for Hampshire: a county of England.
3. Nickname for New Hampshire: a state of the United States.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, of various origins, including the suburb Hamp in Somerset, from the source of the suffix -ham (“closed in land”) and a variant of Hamm, or from Middle English hemp (“hemp”).
* As a German surname, variant of Hampe.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hamp