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Origine of last name

HILL : 1: English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill from Middle English hill hell hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hiller">Hiller</a>. This surname is also very common among African Americans.2: English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille a pet form of some name such as <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hilger">Hilger</a> or <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hillary">Hillary</a>.3: German: from a short form of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Hildebrand">Hildebrand</a> or any of a variety of other names male and female containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.4: Americanized form (translation into English) of Finnish Mäki ‘hill’ or of any of various other names formed with this element (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Maki">Maki</a>).5: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

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