Origin
Hille : 1: German and Dutch: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name with the element hild ‘strife’ such as Hillebrand.2: Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in southwestern Norway mostly on islands named Hille from Old Norse hilla ‘terrace ledge’.
Attrill : 1: from Middle English atter hille ‘(dweller) by the hill’. 2: from Middle English atter hilde atter helde ‘(dweller) on the slope’ (Middle English Old English hild held). 3: it may also be a variant of Hatherall (1); compare Jane Hatrell 1568 in IGI (Stratfield Saye Hants). That and following bearers may otherwise belong under (1) or (2).
Barnsdale : from either of two places named Barnsdale in Rutland recorded as Bernardeshull(e) in 1202 or WR Yorks recorded as Barnysdale in about 1420. The former pair are transparently ‘Bernard's hill’ (Middle English hil hille) and the latter is ‘Beorn's valley’ (Middle English dale).
Grindle : 1: English: topographic name from Middle English grene ‘green’ + dale ‘dale valley’ or hille hull ‘hill’ or a habitational name from placenames meaning ‘green valley’ (Old English grēne + Old English dæl dell or Old Norse dalr) such as Greendale in Devon and Cumbria Grindale in East Yorkshire or a lost place originally called Grendale Gryndale in Loftus (North Yorkshire) possibly identical with modern Grinkle in nearby Easington.2: English: variant of Greenhill with an intrusive -d- as illustrated by the placename Grindle in Ryton (Shropshire) which appears as Grenehull in Middle English but as Grendull and Grendle in the 16th century.3: South German: from Middle High German grindel ‘latch beam pole’ probably a metonymic occupational name for a doorman.4: Altered form of North German Grindel.
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 Hiller. 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 Hilger or Hillary.3: German: from a short form of Hildebrand 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 Maki).5: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Hillen : 1: Swedish (Hillén): ornamental name composed of an unexplained first element + the adjectival suffix -én a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.2: Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Hille a short form or an assimilated derivative of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hild ‘strife battle’ as the first element such as Hillebrand. Compare Hilden.3: English: variant of Hilling.4: English and Irish: in Lancashire and Ulster a variant of Hyland.
Hiller : 1: German: metronymic from Hille a pet form of the female personal name Hildegund (see Hilke).2: German: from a masculine personal beginning with the ancient Germanic element hild ‘strife battle’.3: German: variant of Hüller (see Huller).4: German: habitational name for someone from Hille (Westphalia).5: English: topographic name from Middle English hiller heller huller ‘dweller on the hill’ (compare Hilling). This type of formation where the suffix -er is added to a topographic term is mainly found in southern England especially in Hampshire Sussex and Surrey.6: English: variant of Hillier.
Hillmann : 1: North German: from an elaborated form of the personal name Hille (a shortened form of Hildebrand) + -mann ‘man’.2: German: habitational name for someone from Hille near Minden or from Hillemann near Heiligenstadt (Eichsfeld).
Hillock : English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) small hill’ from Middle English hillok a diminutive of hille (Old English hyll ‘hill’). See Hill.
Hillstrom : 1: Swedish (Hillström): ornamental name from placenames beginning with Hill- such as Hille and Hilleshög + ström ‘river’.2: Americanized form of Swedish Hellström (see Hellstrom).
Hoople : English (Middlesex): variant of Uphill with prosthetic initial H- either a habitational name from Uphill (Devon) or a topographic name for someone who lived ‘up the hill’ (Middle English up hille) or ‘upon the hill’ (Middle English upon hille).
Parkhill : English Scottish and northern Irish: habitational name from any of several minor places called Parkhill or Park Hill most of which are likely to have been named with Middle English park ‘park enclosure’ (Old French parc) or parrok ‘enclosure paddock’ (Old English pearroc) + hille ‘hill’ (Old English hyll).
Peedell : from a lost or as yet unidentified place in SW England perhaps named from the Middle English personal name Pede + hille ‘hill’.possibly sometimes from one of the villages named Piddle (Dorset) whose names derive from a river-name; compare Jacobus Piddle 1579 in IGI (Nether Compton Dorset).from a diminutive of the Middle English personal name Pede; see Pead.
Uphill : from Uphill (Devon) or for someone who lived ‘up the hill’ (Middle English up hille) or ‘upon the hill’ (Middle English upon hille).from Uphill (Somerset) recorded as Uppepull in 1197 but Uppehill in 1176 probably an altered form by folk etymology of Uppepull ‘(place) above the creek’ (Old English uppan pylle).
Windle : 1: English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Windhill in Shipley (Yorkshire) or Windle (Lancashire) but in southeastern England from Windhill (Kent). The placenames derive from Middle English wind ‘wind’ + hille ‘hill’ (Old English wind + hyll). The surname may occasionally also be topographic for a person who lived at or near a wind-swept hill.2: Americanized form of German Windl or Windel (see Windels) and also of Wendel.
Woodell : English: from Middle English wode ‘woad’ or wode ‘wood’ + hille ‘hill’ (Old English wād or wudu + hyll). The name may be topographic for a dweller at or near either a wooded hill or a hill where woad grew or habitational from any of the minor places called Woodhill particularly Woodhill Park in Clyffe Pypard (Wiltshire) or Woodhill in Sandon (Essex). Compare Wooddell.
Woodhill : from Middle English wode ‘woad’ or wode ‘wood’ + hille ‘hill’ (Old English wād or wudu + hyll). The name may be topographic for a dweller at or near either a wooded hill or a hill where woad grew or toponymic from Woodhill Park in Clyffe Pypard (Wilts) or Woodhill in Sandon (Essex).
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Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
FANBI : The Oxford Dictionary if Family Names in Britain and Ireland, ©2016, University of the West of England
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