汉姆顿

汉姆顿 most often transliterates 'Hampton' - including The Hamptons (the Long Island beach towns). It can also render 'Hamilton' in older translations, though 汉密尔顿 (Hànmì'ěrdùn) is now standard for that name. Famous bearers (Hampton): jazz vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, the Hampton family of Virginia.

Phonetic: 汉 (hàn, 'Han / Chinese') for 'Ham-', 姆 (mǔ, 'nurse/auntie') for '-m-' - 姆 is Chinese's go-to syllable for foreign '-m'/'-mi'/'-ma' (cf. 阿姆斯特丹 'Amsterdam'). 顿 (dùn, 'pause') is the standard syllable for the English '-ton' suffix (cf. 华盛顿 'Washington').