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Hilton.

A surname.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈhɪltən/
  1. A surname.

  2. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).

  3. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).

  4. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).

  5. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).

  6. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).

  7. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).

  8. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).

  9. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.

  10. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).

  11. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).

  12. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).

  13. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).

  14. A number of places in the United Kingdom: A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).

  15. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.

  16. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.

  17. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.

  18. A number of places in the United States: A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.

  19. A number of places in the United States: A village in the town of Parma, Monroe County, New York.

  20. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.

  21. A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.

  22. A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.

  23. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.

  24. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

Where this word comes from

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including: * Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”) * From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

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