Hamlet
loc · Latin script
Meaning: Possibly from Germanic Hamo/Hamon ‘home’; alternatively linked to Gaelicised Amhlaoibh
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/hæmlət/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Hamlet is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Armenia than in any other country, where it is the 73rd most common given name.
- USUnited States1 in 328K(measured from records)
- AMArmenia≈1 in 338as Համլետ
- AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 6.7K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Hamlet itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Armenia (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 286 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,000 named Համլետ, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Azerbaijan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Համլետ in AM Armenia and ჰამლეთ in GE Georgia.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Possibly from Germanic Hamo/Hamon ‘home’; alternatively linked to Gaelicised Amhlaoibh. Made famous by Shakespeare; Hamnet used for his son.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Hamlet, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Hamlet counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM Armenia | #73 | ≈9,000 est. | ≈1 in 338 | 69 | Համլետ | 61 |
| AZ Azerbaijan | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 6.7K | 13 | — | 10 |
| US United States | — | 1,013 | 1 in 328K | 3.2K | Hamlet | 286 |
| GE Georgia | — | 744as ჰამლეტ | 1 in 5.4K | 744 | ჰამლეთ | 20 |
| FR France | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 402K | 20 | — | 1 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 55 | 1 in 62K | 55 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈12 est. | ≈1 in 101K | 8 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia — Most Frequent Newborn Given Names by Sex, Armenian script, 2008-2020 + 2023; Georgia PSDA/SDA civil-registry name statistics (per-token API); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Hamlet is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, a double diminutive of Hamo; first attested Ham(b)lett 1622 PrGR
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
In English, A small village or a group of houses.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Famous Shakespearian character
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, fula
as a wordVocabulary of the Mende Language
In Spanish, English form used for Old Icelandic Amlóthi/Amleth; not etymologically related to the English word hamlet ‘village’.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Hamlet Winstanleyb. 1698GBEnglish painter (1698-1756)
- Hamlet Clarkb. 1823GBBritish naturalist and entomologist (1823-1867)
- Hamlet Handleyb. 1873GBFootballer (1873-1918)
- Mario Benedettib. 1920UYnot in their usual nameUruguayan journalist, novelist, and poet (1920-2009)
- Hamlet A. Gevorkyanb. 1927AMArmenian philosopher (1927–2024)
- Hamlet Isakhanlib. 1948AZAzerbaijani mathematician
- Hamlet Gasparyanb. 1950AMArmenian diplomat (1950-2021)
- Hamlet Barrientosb. 1978BOfootballer
- Hamlet Zynkovskyib. 1986UAUkrainian artist
- Javion Hamletb. 1998USAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 59 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.2K | #9,994 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.1K | #9,641 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.1K | #9,968 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 20 | — |
Reference works 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Hamlet come from?
- Possibly from Germanic Hamo/Hamon ‘home’; alternatively linked to Gaelicised Amhlaoibh. Made famous by Shakespeare; Hamnet used for his son. Recorded by Irish first names.
- How do you pronounce Hamlet?
- A machine transcription gives /hæmlət/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Hamlet mean?
- Recorded meaning: Possibly from Germanic Hamo/Hamon ‘home’; alternatively linked to Gaelicised Amhlaoibh.
- In which country does Hamlet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.0 thousand people named Համլետ in Armenia, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Hamlet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,013 people named Hamlet in 2020, about 1 in 328 thousand residents.
- How common is Hamlet compared with other names?
- In Armenia, Hamlet is the 73rd most common given name of 7,577 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Hamlet?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/hamletThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hamlet” — the 73rd most common given name in Armenia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.