Hilton

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • village/and/civil parish in Dorset (county) England (constituent country) .

Origin

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

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