The Hill Surname
- Meaning
- dweller by a hill
- Type
- Locational
- Root
- Old English hyll
- Chiefly
- Throughout England
A topographic name for someone who lived on or beside a hill — the plainest kind of surname there is, and independently invented in hundreds of places at once.
Names like this have no single family origin. Two Hills are unlikely to be related.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Hill name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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