Names That Mean Hill

  1. Telassar
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "hill of Assar"
    • Description:

      Variant of Thelasar
  2. Elfryn
    • Origin:

      Welsh, possibly "brow of a hill"
    • Meaning:

      "brow of a hill"
    • Description:

      Appealing topographical name that's rare even in Wales. Morus Elfryn was a popular Welsh singer in the 1970s.
  3. Dutton
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "hill settlement; Dodd's town"
    • Description:

      The fastest rising boy name of 2022 — thanks to the Dutton family of the hit show Yellowstone — was used for around 20 baby girls as well. It feels in line with trendy unisex name Sutton, which now ranks in the 200s for girls.
  4. Dunham
    • Origin:

      Scottish
    • Meaning:

      "brown hill homestead"
    • Description:

      Attractive placename/surname with a somewhat aristocratic feel.
  5. Okasaki
    • Origin:

      Japanese surname
    • Meaning:

      "hill cape"
    • Description:

      Northeastern Japanese surname, also spelled Okazaki.
  6. Brynna
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "hill"
    • Description:

      You say Bryn, he says Bryana -- here's a name you might agree on.
  7. Bergen
    • Origin:

      Scandinavian
    • Meaning:

      "lives on a hill"
    • Description:

      Norwegian city name heard much more often as a last name than a first.
  8. Maebry
    • Origin:

      Variation of Mabry, English and Irish surname
    • Meaning:

      "mud hill"
    • Description:

      A nouveau take on Mabry, an English and Irish surname that derives from Mayberry. Undoubtedly, some parents are using Maebry as an invented name, a combination of the stylish name Mae and versatile syllable "bry."
  9. Brin
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "hill"
    • Description:

      The many variations of Brynn are far more popular for girls than boys in the US, but if you’d like to use it on a son, Brin is the most masculine of all the spelling options.
  10. Embry
    • Origin:

      English surname
    • Meaning:

      "flat-topped hill"
    • Description:

      Embry became viable as a first name when it was used for the (male) werewolf character Embry Call in the Twilight series. But its Em- beginning and -y ending give it a feminine sound, so we call it perfectly appropriate for a girl. Embry or Embury is an established English surname.
  11. Birtle
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "hill of birds"
    • Description:

      Brittle.
  12. Galya
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "God has redeemed, hill of God"
    • Description:

      Well used in Israel and in Russia, either on its own or as an endearment for Galila or Galina.
  13. Mervyn
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "sea hill"
    • Description:

      Terminally outmoded.
  14. Land
    • Origin:

      Word name or diminutive of Landon
    • Meaning:

      "long hill"
    • Description:

      One of the simplest, most down-to-earth yet evocative of the word names, which could work — especially as a middle.
  15. Arfryn
    • Origin:

      Welsh
    • Meaning:

      "on a hill"
    • Description:

      This name fits with the trend for geographic names like Easton and Cove. In Wales it's more commonly found in placenames and businesses than on people.
  16. Hadden
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "heathery hill"
    • Description:

      Rarely heard Hayden alternative -- though, mark our words, you'll spend your life correcting everyone's pronunciation and spelling.
  17. Paden
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "path hill"
    • Description:

      This could be a new variation on the megapopular Braden-Caden-Haden bunch, or a nonmilitaristic form of Patton.
  18. Royden
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "rye hill"
    • Description:

      One way to refer to an ancestral Roy, if not the most mellifluous.
  19. Litton
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "settlement on the hill"
    • Description:

      Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.
  20. Churchill
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "hill of the church"
    • Description:

      Distinguished though it is, it will never shake its portly cigar-smoking image.

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