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Names meaning "hill" appear across multiple cultural traditions — from ancient Hebrew and Greek to modern English coinages. Each carries this meaning in a distinct cultural context.

Names meaning "hill" — key facts

  • 423 names contain the meaning "hill"
  • 231 gender-specific names, plus 56 gender-neutral
  • Names meaning "hill" appear in Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Arabic, and Sanskrit traditions
  • Meaning-based name searches have grown 45% year-over-year as parents seek intentional names

Girl Names Meaning "Hill"

111 girl names with this meaning

#243
American
A modern invented name combining 'Bryn' (hill) and 'lee' (meadow).
#407
Welsh
Hill, mound
#565
Welsh
A variation of 'Pryn' meaning 'a form of the place name or a hill'
#603
American
from the hill
#655
English
Wendy's hill
#657
American
Derived from the Old English term meaning 'port on the hill'.
#671
English
a feminine form of Brandon, meaning 'broom hill'
#679
Welsh
hill
#687
English
From the ladera (the hillside)
#773
American↑ Rising
A form of the name 'Macy', meaning 'hill' or 'from the hill'.
#781
American
From the valley of the green hill
#807
American
derived from Bryn, meaning 'hill' in Welsh, combined with Leigh meaning 'meadow'
#812
Spanish
Hill
#818
American
a small, rolling hill
#831
American
Possibly derived from a variant of the name 'Kiona', meaning 'brown hills'.
#866
Irish
Meaning 'sea circle' or 'sea hill'.
#883
English
From the field with the hill
#884
Unknown
hill
#986
American
a variation of Macy, meaning 'hill'
#991
American
The descendent of the hill
#1004
American
Little earthen hill
#1024
American
from the hill by the grove
#1043
France
Little hill
#1074
USA
Fortified hill or army hill
#1131
American↑ Rising
a low area of land between hills or mountains
#1163
American
Hill
#1183
American↑ Rising
Hill with a furrow
#1189
American
Of the Kinver hills
#1198
American
Derived from 'Thurlow', meaning 'from the thicket or hill with thorn bushes'
#1218
American
A variant of the name Brynn, meaning 'hill' or 'mound'.
#1218
American
from the hill
#1234
American
Crown, hill
#1238
Spanish
hill or small mountain
#1298
American
A feminine form of 'Cory', meaning 'from the hill'.
#1303
India
Means 'a small mound or hill'.
#1309
American
a name possibly derived from an Old English meaning 'river valley' or 'hill'.
#1325
English
from the rocky hill
#1327
Welsh
Hill or mound
#1363
American
A modern name combination possibly derived from Bree and Lan, meaning 'hill' or 'dweller near the hill'
#1406
American
Variant of Braelyn; 'Briar hill'
#1441
American
Possibly a variation of 'Kiona', meaning 'brown hills'.
#1463
Native American tribes
a high place or hill
#1508
English
army hill
#1527
English
Sword; beacon on the hill
#1527
American
Possibly derived from a French surname meaning 'mountain' or 'the hill'
#1533
Norway
hill
#1533
English
a feminine form of 'Cerro', meaning 'hill'
#1561
Italian
little Achilles — from Achilleus
#1561
American
Hilltop or covered in brambles
#1630
Ireland
Variant of Tara; meaning 'hill' or 'star'.
#1667
United Kingdom
the mountain or hill
#1694
English
A blend of Brynn and Lee, meaning 'hill' and 'meadow' respectively
#1702
Scotland
Great or sea hill
#1732
American
Hill or rising ground
#1748
English
from the name 'Cory', which means 'hollow' or 'small hill'
#1779
American
A modern name, possibly derived from 'Monte,' meaning hill or mountain.
#1784
USA
meadow on a hill
#1841
Ireland
may have ties to the word for 'part of a hill'.
#1841
American
Meadow on a hill
#1855
American
from the town on the hill
#1874
Ireland
Derived from 'Muirín', meaning 'sea hill'.
#1897
Italian
little hill
#1911
American
Possibly derived from a modern interpretation of the name 'Tyra', meaning 'hill'
#1942
Spanish
slope, hillside
#1963
American
Derived from 'Tara', meaning 'star' or 'hill'.
#1991
American
Derived from Tara, meaning 'star' or 'hill'
#1994
Slavic
little hill
#2549
American
hill, mound
#2826
Irish
Hill
#3058
American↑ Rising
A modern variant of the name Macy, often interpreted as 'hill' or 'gift'.
#3472
Welsh↑ Rising
hill
#3727
American
from the hill
#5955
Wales
hill
#7408
English↑ Rising
Weaver, settling near the hill.
#7750
Arab countries↑ Rising
Refers to a hill or a high place.
#8454
American↑ Rising
hill
#8968
American↑ Rising
Hill slope.
#8969
American↑ Rising
A combination name, likely derived from 'Bryn', meaning 'hill' in Welsh, and 'Lynn', meaning 'lake' or 'water' in Welsh.
#9673
English↑ Rising
Variant of 'Bree', meaning 'hill' or 'exalted one'
#9975
American
From the hill of the knox
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American
high hill
—
American↑ Rising
a form of Bryn, meaning 'hill' or 'mound'
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American
A variation of Bree, meaning 'hill' or 'spirited'.
—
American
A modern invented name, potentially a combination of 'Bryn' (Hill) and 'Zlee'.
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England↑ Rising
From the hill with the steep slope
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American↑ Rising
From the grove, by the hill
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English↑ Rising
a form of the name Bailey, meaning 'bailiff' or 'fortified hill'
—
American↑ Rising
hill
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Greece
A place of the mountains or hills.
—
American↑ Rising
Army hill
—
American
hill
—
American
Rocky hill
—
American↑ Rising
from the hills
—
USA
From the hill
—
United Kingdom
Fort on the hill
—
Ireland
hill
—
American↑ Rising
A blend of 'Bryn' and 'Lynn', where 'Bryn' means 'hill' in Welsh and 'Lynn' means 'lake' or 'waterfall' in Gaelic
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Welsh↑ Rising
Hill or ridge; associated with the pen (hill)
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American↑ Rising
Derived from the masculine name 'Brent', meaning 'hill' or 'mountain'.
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American↑ Rising
A variant of 'Hatton', which means 'from the hill estate'.
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English
A modern variant or creative spelling of Braelynn, which is a combination of 'Brae' (a hill) and 'Lynn' (lake or water)
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England
From the hill by the river
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American↑ Rising
Highest point, a hill
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American↑ Rising
sword; hill
—
American↑ Rising
A variant of 'Bree', meaning 'hill' or 'a place of hills' in Irish.
—
American
A variant of 'Bryn', meaning 'hill'.
—
American
From the hill; spring hill
—
American
A modern name likely derived from the English surname meaning 'from the hill'.
—
American
from the hill by the river
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American
Linden tree hill
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American
from the grassy land or from the hill of the king

Boy Names Meaning "Hill"

256 boy names with this meaning

#127
American
long hill
#148
American
Fortified hill
#261
American
broom hill
#503
Wales
a steep place or hill
#503
English
from the round hill
#506
American
From the hill estate
#510
American
Lyndol is thought to be a variant of Lindell, which means 'lime tree hill'.
#522
Scotland
Thunder or rocky hill.
#531
American
rocky hill
#539
England
Broom hill
#542
English
a fortified hill
#556
English
bere (barley) & hyrst (hill) meaning 'hill where barley is grown'
#556
American
from the three hills
#569
English
a variant of Phillip, meaning 'lover of horses'
#570
English
Town by the hillside
#586
English
long hill
#587
English
From the linden tree hill
#618
English
from the town on the tip of a hill
#627
Scotland
from the thorny hill
#643
Scottish
from the fortress hill
#643
United Kingdom
a surname derived from a place name meaning 'fortification on a hill'
#650
American
son of Hilly
#661
American
land on a hill
#718
India
cool, chilly
#751
Welsh
a place name referring to a 'hilltop'
#772
American
A surname turned first name; possibly meaning 'dweller at the hill'.
#778
Israel
hill
#801
England
thor's hill
#810
American
Spear hill
#814
United Kingdom
A surname derived from a place name meaning 'the dwelling by the hill or the place of the pointed ridge.'
#819
American
from the linden tree hill
#846
English
From the hill
#847
American
Derived from 'Torrey', meaning 'a high rocky hill'
#856
English
From the thorny hill
#870
England
brown hill
#877
American
mountain traveler or hill dweller
#885
Scotland
A person from a hilly or rugged area
#913
American
A man of the hill, a hill dweller
#931
American
from the long hill
#936
American
Dweller by the bone hill
#950
Croatia
a person from a hill
#956
American
Variant of Brandon, meaning 'Broom Hill'.
#956
American
broad hill
#960
English
From the clay hill
#969
England
A gift from the hill
#993
Scotland
the top of a hill
#1009
American
from the hill
#1010
English
From the hilltop meadow
#1015
English
from the hill or the settlement by the hill
#1032
American
sea hill
#1033
United Kingdom
battle hill
#1035
American
Ewe's Hill
#1045
American
A place name, derived from Old English meaning 'long hill'.
#1047
English
From the high hill
#1049
Serbia
from the hill
#1065
Scotland
The place name derived from 'Torr' meaning 'hill'
#1066
American
Brandon: hill covered with broom; James: supplanter
#1070
American
one who lives by a ferny hill
#1073
American
from the hill, a variant of Thaddeus
#1077
United Kingdom
clay hill
#1089
American
one who lives near a cliff or hill
#1091
American
A variation of Montre, denoting a mountain or hill
#1095
American
Broom-covered hill
#1122
American
Possibly derived from Old English elements meaning 'from the hill' or 'hill valley'.
#1135
American
From the hill pasture
#1137
English
from the land of hills
#1140
France
From the ridge or hill.
#1144
American
From the hillside
#1148
Scotland
Rocky hill
#1151
English
from the hill
#1157
USA
The one who comes from the hills
#1158
American
Brandon: 'Broom hill'; Michael: 'Who is like God?'
#1167
Germanic
Originally a surname meaning 'mountain dweller' or 'who lives on the hill'.
#1185
American
Thunder hill
#1186
United Kingdom
from the small hill or a rocky place.
#1193
English
From the high hill
#1210
American
from the hill
#1225
American
From the eastern hill
#1227
English
a rocky hilltop
#1232
England
Derived from the Old English elements 'ryġ' meaning 'rye' and 'dun' meaning 'hill'
#1232
American
derived from Tabor, meaning hill
#1237
Greece
Of Achilles; related to the legendary hero of Greek mythology.
#1245
India
Descendant of the Dhillon clan
#1262
United Kingdom
from the rocky hill
#1268
American
One who lives near a hill
#1273
American
from the hill with lilies
#1285
England
from the hill town
#1285
English
Rocky hillside
#1293
American
Variant of Brandon, meaning 'broom hill'
#1310
France
from the place of the three hills
#1325
American
Possibly a form of Melbourne, meaning 'the hill by the river'.
#1344
American
A variant spelling of Brandon, meaning 'hill covered with broom'.
#1357
United Kingdom
From the word 'hoh,' meaning 'hill' or 'mound'.
#1371
American
From the town by the hill.
#1383
United Kingdom
Great hill
#1386
American
Derived from a surname meaning 'hill near a stream'
#1387
United Kingdom
Derived from a place name meaning 'from the town by the hill'.
#1388
American
Derived from an Old Gaelic name meaning 'the crow's hill'.
#1398
United Kingdom
From the royal hill
#1406
Scotland
Rocky hill; craggy place
#1435
English
from the hill by the sea
#1453
England
guardian's hill
#1466
American
Derived from the Old French name 'Richmond', meaning 'strong hill'.
#1473
United Kingdom
Derived from Old English, meaning 'a wooded hill' or 'rise of land covered with brushwood'.
#1493
American
From the barley hill
#1498
UK
From the town on the hill
#1498
American
rocky hill
#1502
English
Broomhill
#1508
American
Derived from Brent, which means 'hill' or 'fortress'.
#1509
English↑ Rising
hilltop, high place
#1513
American
From the treeless hill
#1514
English
"gravel hill"
#1526
American
town or village near a hill
#1528
American
From the hilltop
#1534
Scotland
The hill
#1566
United Kingdom
From the hill
#1568
English
Hollow or dweller by the hill
#1574
English
Dweller by the hill
#1580
American
Tree hill
#1588
English
from the hill

Unisex Names Meaning "Hill"

56 gender-neutral names with this meaning

#309
American
army hill
#565
USA
From the Linden tree hill
#571
English
a form of the name Tara; rocky hill
#582
American
From the fern hill
#702
American
From the hill
#747
American
A variation of Hillary, meaning 'cheerful' or 'happy'.
#843
English
From hay valley or hay hill
#942
American
A variant of the name Merlyn, meaning 'sea fortress' or 'sea hill'.
#1169
American↑ Rising
hill by the river
#1201
American
Mountain; one who lives near the hills
#1392
USA
from the hill by the grove
#1435
English
Sea hill or sea margin
#1505
Modern coinage
rocky hill — from Craig
#1511
Modern American
rocky hill — from Craig
#1521
Hebrew
to praise — from Hillel
#1523
Germanic
one who lives near a hill
#1525
Scottish
from the hill
#1526
Irish
from the hill
#1538
Modern American
from a hilly area
#1574
English
from the fern-covered hill
#1594
Punjabi
from the Dhillon clan
#1613
Sanskrit
one who lifts the Govardhan hill
#1634
Old Norse
heather-covered hill
#1699
English
dweller by the hill
#1710
Modern coinage
spear; hill — from Barry
#1755
Hebrew
hill city
#1768
Old Norse
from the hills
#1780
Scottish
hill or height
#1808
Modern American
sword; hill — from Brandon
#1809
Modern coinage
sword; hill — from Brandon
#1810
Modern American
sword; hill — from Brandon
#1820
Latin
from the Aventine Hill
#1820
Spanish
from the Basque word for 'hill'
#1831
Old English
heather hill or valley
#1832
Welsh
from the hill
#1850
English
from the rocky hill
#1856
Hebrew
hill of testimony
#1904
Welsh
from the meadow by the hill
#1919
English
from the hill of Higa
#1923
French
short hill — from Courtenay
#1994
Scottish
fort on a hill
#2520
American
Army hill
#2636
American↑ Rising
A descent from a hill or a row of houses.
#3280
American
from the hill settlement
#4125
American↑ Rising
From the hill
#4495
American↑ Rising
Woad hill or from the hill near the woad
#5928
English
Referring to sand hills, a natural feature.
#6993
American↑ Rising
a variation of Knox, meaning 'round hill'
#7334
American
from the hill of the fort.
#8309
Norway
little hill
#8818
American↑ Rising
from the name of a place; derived from the word 'torr' meaning rocky place or hills
—
American
A blend of names, originating from 'Arlo', which means 'fortified hill' and possibly 'from the hare hill'
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Scotland
a hillside or slope
—
American
A name derived from the element 'brae', meaning 'hill'.
—
American
linden tree hill
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American
a combination of 'Bry' (meaning 'hill') and '-lin'

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