Hill
See also: hill and hil'l'
English
Etymology
- As an English surname, from the noun hill, shortened from Hilary, and from Old English hild (“battle”).
- As a German surname, shortened from Hildebrand, related to the last sense above.
- As a Finnish surname, calque of Finnish Mäki (“hill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪl/
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Proper noun
Hill
- (US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress
- (Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
- A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
- A number of places:
- A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).
- A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).
- A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199). [1]
- A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore. [2]
Derived terms
- Ben Hill County
- Hill City (Kansas)
- Hill County
- Upper Hill (Gloucestershire)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Hill is the 39th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 434,827 individuals. Hill is most common among White (64.4%) and Black/African American (29.1%) individuals.
References
- OS: Birmingham
- OS: Hill and Cakemore
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as de Hil in 1545. Derived from dialectal hil (“hill, elevated place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɪl/
- Hyphenation: Hill
- Rhymes: -ɪl
- Homophones: hil, Hil
Proper noun
Hill n
- A hamlet in Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN