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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
American
high hill
American↑ Rising
a form of Bryn, meaning 'hill' or 'mound'
American
A variation of Bree, meaning 'hill' or 'spirited'.
American
A modern invented name, potentially a combination of 'Bryn' (Hill) and 'Zlee'.
England↑ Rising
From the hill with the steep slope
American↑ Rising
From the grove, by the hill
English↑ Rising
a form of the name Bailey, meaning 'bailiff' or 'fortified hill'
American↑ Rising
hill
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
Welsh↑ Rising
Hill or ridge; associated with the pen (hill)
American↑ Rising
Derived from the masculine name 'Brent', meaning 'hill' or 'mountain'.
American↑ Rising
A variant of 'Hatton', which means 'from the hill estate'.
English
A modern variant or creative spelling of Braelynn, which is a combination of 'Brae' (a hill) and 'Lynn' (lake or water)
England
From the hill by the river
American↑ Rising
Highest point, a hill
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
American
Linden tree hill
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'
Scotland
a hillside or slope
American
A name derived from the element 'brae', meaning 'hill'.
American
linden tree hill
American
a combination of 'Bry' (meaning 'hill') and '-lin'

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