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Hill
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The surname Hill is of English origin.It may be described as a landscape name,as in England it originally meant 'dweller by or on the hill';from the Old English hyll.Less commonly it derives from the personal name Hille,a pet form of Hilary or Hilger.There is little reoson to explian the regularity of this name in the English speaking world.As every village required its smith,thus making Smith one of the most common names in America,so almost every district had its rising ground called 'the hill',the resident thereon taking his surname from it.It is no doubt the easiest topographical surname to recognize.The name may also be derived from the Germanic 'hild',battle,strife.People of Jewish descent have also adopted the name as an anglicization of various like sounding Hebrew names.In Ireland many O'Boyles have anglicised their names to Hill.The name dates as far back as the twelfth century were a Rogerus filius Hille is recorded in historical archives.The name was brought to America by English immigrants.One of the first forefathers to bring this name to America is that of a Henry Hill,who came to America aboard the Speedwell,he settled in Maryland.Hill is the twenty-ninth most common name in America. ...
When you buy a heraldic document a new accurate analysis of the heraldic research will be performed by an expert heraldist and the document will be written in Italian or English.
The coat of arms will be checked and, if necessary, redesigned in strict compliance with the heraldic rules by our experts.
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Variations of surnames are frequent and mainly derive from involuntary acts such as translation errors or dialectal inflections or from voluntary acts such as attempts to escape persecution or acquisition of titles and properties of other families
