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

1. (US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress
2. (Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
3. A topographic surname, from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.

Derived terms

• Ben Hill County
• Hill City (Kansas)
• Hill County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hill is the 39^th 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.

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Dutch

Etymology

First attested as de Hil in 1545. Derived from dialectal hil (“hill, elevated place”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hill

Proper noun

Hill n

1. A hamlet in Altena, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.