An Old English word of ‘hyll’ which mean a raised land form, such as a hill. A German word of ‘hild‘, which means ‘battle’. In the Latin form of ‘hilaris‘, the word’s meaning is that of cheerful or glad.

In German the surname Hill can be the shorter version for the surname of Hildebrand.
Other spellings of the surname can be Hille, Hills, Hilmann, Hyll, Hillmann, Hillemann and Hills.

In Scotland the Hill name is mostly in Lanarkshire county. In England the surname appears in London, and the counties of Staffordshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Within the United states the Hill surname appears in all the states east of the Mississippi River. Going west, the states of Texas and California have the most and in the far New England states of Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire there are very few with the Hill surname.

Famous: Ambrose P. Hill (Civil War general), Faith Hill (singer), Dana Hill (actress), Dusty Hill (singer), Richard Hill (18thcentury English diplomat), Rowland Hill (19thcentury pioneer in postage stamp use), Scott Hill (music composer), Mick Hill (footballer of Wales) and John Tye Hill (professional football player).