Släkthistoria för Hempsall
Hempsall Vad efternamn betyder
from Hempshill in Nuthall (Notts) which is recorded as Hemdeshil in 1242 Hemsull in 1376 and Hemsell in 1478 and derives from an Old English personal name *Hemede (genitive *Hemedes) + Old English hyll ‘hill’. There may be some late confusion with Hampshire (1) and Redmonds Dictionary of Yorks Surnames points to occasional confusion with Empsall.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
