Hawman Family History

Variant pronunciation of Hammond showing the common development of short a to au before m in words and names borrowed from Old French. It may have been confused with Almond and Orman.

For a dweller by an enclosure from Middle English hagh(e) haue ‘enclosure’ + man ‘man’. Some of the following early bearers may alternatively belong with (3) while the 1729 example may belong with (1) since Hammond is well evidenced in Gloucs since the 14th century.

‘Servant of someone named Haw.’