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From: (LPurch6636)
Subject: Two Surnames of HAMBLER-??
Date: 05 Apr 2002 21:45:38 GMT


I think I have found an inkling of divergent backgrounds and meanings in the
single surname HAMBLER. Can someone either verify or negate what I think I
have found??

HAMBLER: Anglo-Norman derivation> England; that's why there are so many
HAMBLERs in England but very few in the USA. The root is a horseback-riding
term and connects with the surname "Ambler." I am not sure which came first but
the dropping of the British-pronounced "H" in the name's evolution would mean
that "Hambler" evolved into "Ambler."

Then there is:
HAMBLER: A common mispelling of the word "Hamler/Hammler" in the United States;
this name derives from Germany and means "castrator of male sheep."
Since my maiden name is "Hamler," I can verify that when people don't know how
to pronounce this name, they can easily but in a "b" where a "b" was never
there to begin with!

Does this difference sound right to anyone who knows or who has a derivation of
the surname Hambler/Hamler,/Hombler/Hambler, etc.?

Thanks.
Flanagan


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