Hilton

The story

1. Norman · derived fromHildun
2. Old English · derived fromhyll“hill”
3. English todayHilton

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”)

Words from the same roots