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Origin and popularity of the name HILLS

Origin

Hills : English: variant of Hill with genitival -s if a relationship name attested in Matilda Hilles 1327 (Somerset) where the genitival form may signify widowhood; or with plural -s if habitational attested in Johanne de Hyles 1379 (Bickerstaffe Lancashire) and Ricardo del Hyles 1379 (Great Eccleston Lancashire); or with post-medieval excrescent -s probably the most common form.

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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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