An English surname, Hull originated from the Old English term ‘hyll’ which meant a hill. The spelling variations for Hull include Hulle and Hulls. In England the Hull families are scattered across most of England and Wales. The area with the great populations sharing the Hull name are Yorkshire, Lanarkshire, city of London, Essex and Bedfordshire. In Scotland the concentration of Hull families is in Lanarkshire and Midlothian counties. Within the United States Hull families resided originally in New York, Ohio, Illinois, California, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Florida, Michigan, Nebraska, Washington and Kansas. Famous: Henry Hull (actor), Dennis Hull (ice hockey player for Canada), Cordell Hull (Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1945), William Hull (American Revolutionary General), Warren Hull (movie film actor), Katherine Hull (professional golfer from Australia), Isaac Hull (19th century commodore of the U. S. S. Constitution) and Edith Maude Hull (English novelist).