Family name origins meanings English and Scottish.

Surname meaning hill. All online services for meaning origin and compatibility of the name and surname Nick Hill. Berryhill Name Meaning English or Scottish habitational name from any of numerous places in England and Scotland named Berryhill for example in Berkshire Gloucestershire Nottinghamshire Staffordshire Lothian Tayside and Orkney. Hayes 1 English From various English place names that were derived from Old English hæg meaning enclosure fence.

Dweller at or near a hill that lay on rising ground. A famous bearer was. These are all surnames and personal names in their own right.

Extremely common and widely distributed topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill Middle English hill Old English hyll. One who came from Hill the name of several places in England. A corruption of the German hild meaning battle From the medieval given name Hill a short form of the personal name Hilary from the Latin hilaris meaning cheerful or glad.

Hill Origin and Meaning The name Hill is a boys name of English origin meaning someone who lives by a hill. From place names meaning either hay valley or hay hill derived from Old English heg hay and denu valley or dun hill. The most common origin of the surname Hill is as a topographic or place name for one who lives on or near a hill derived from the Old English hyll.

This is a semi nickname or short form of one of the many Anglo-Saxon compound names with the first element hild meaning battle or war such as Hildebrand and Hilliard or the French hilaire from the Latin hilaris meaning cheerful. Hill which was extremely popular and widely distributed in England is a classic example of an English polygenetic surname which is a surname that was developed in a number of different locations and adopted by various families independently. In this case the surname can be traced back to the Old English hyll meaning a hill and the original bearer would have been simply one who dwelt on the hill.

These are all surnames and personal names in their own right. Harthill in Southern Yorkshire was given to William de Warrenne in 1086 as part of his reward for his role in the Norman Conquest. This is a semi nickname or short form of one of the many Anglo-Saxon compound names with the first element hild meaning battle or war such as Hildebrand and Hilliard or the French hilaire from the Latin hilaris meaning cheerful.