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Hilton

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Hilton, sometimes ‘farmstead or village on or near a hill’, OE hyll + tūn: Hilton Cambs. Hiltone 1196. Hilton Derbys. Hiltune 1086 (DB).

However other Hiltons have a different origin: Hilton Cumbria. Helton 1289. Probably ‘farmstead on a slope’. OE helde + tūn. Hilton Dorset. Eltone 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead on a slope or where tansy grows’. OE h(i)elde or helde + tūn. Hilton Durham. Helton 1180. ‘Farmstead on a slope’. OE helde + tūn.

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Hilton

A Dictionary of First Names | 2006 | | Copyright

Hilton ♂ Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the many places named with the Old English elements hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. As a first name it is sometimes chosen because of its association with the chain of luxury hotels founded by Conrad Hilton (1887–1979).

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