Hilton

Meanings

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
3. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
4. A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
5. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
6. A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
7. A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
8. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
9. A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
10. A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
11. A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
12. A suburb of Aberdeen, City of Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).

Etymology

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”)