The ward takes its name from the historical village of Humberstone and the modern housing estate of Hamilton. The place-name 'Humberstone' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as 'Humerstane'. The name means 'Hunbeorht's stone'.[2] The "Humber stone" is a granite monolith of unknown (perhaps glacial) origin that lies in a field in Hamilton.