Hamlet is both a masculine given name and a surname. Derivative versions of the name are Gamlet (Russian: Гамлет), Hamnet in English, and Hamelin in French.[1][2]
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
edit- Hamlet Barrientos (born 1978), Bolivian footballer
- Hamlet Gonashvili (1928–1985), Georgian singer
- Hamlet Handley, English footballer
- Hamlet Isakhanli (born 1948), Azerbaijani mathematician and writer
- Hamlet Manukyan (born 2007), Armenian artistic gymnast
- Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1973), Armenian footballer
- Hamlet Mkhitaryan (footballer, born 1962), Armenian Soviet footballer
- Hamlet Watling (1818–1908), English antiquarian
- Hamlet Winstanley (1698–1756), English painter and engraver
- Gamlet Siukayev , (born 1981), Russian footballer
Surname
edit- Douglas Hamlet (died 1995), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines murderer
- Harry G. Hamlet (1874–1954), Commandant of the United States Coast Guard
- Norm Hamlet, American guitarist
Fictional characters
edit- Prince Hamlet, title character and protagonist of the William Shakespeare tragedy of the same name
References
edit- ^ Kraus, Herwig (June 15, 2018). Sowjetrussische Vornamen: Ein Lexiko. De Gruyter. ISBN 9783110314052. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Sheard, K.M. (2011). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names. Llewellyn Publications. ISBN 9780738723686.