Updated October 2026
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English
"hill peninsula"
Gentle and southern-inflected, redolent of the North Carolina landscape.
"someone who lives by a hill"
Simple and down-to-earth, but would probably work best as a middle name.
"sea-bright; pleasant hill"
Merrill, once fairly common for American boys back in the first half of the 20th-century, is now a rare choice, given to just 7 girls and 6 boys in a recent year. Alternative spelling Meryl is also…
Place name
"high place, high hill"
Blending the sounds of classic Henry, with contemporary, on trend choices like Hendrix, Hudson, and Landon, Hendon is a place name and a surname. A town in London, whose name derives from the fact…
Cornish
"eel house or Maeldaf's fort"
A punchy modern Cornish name derived from a place name, which is of disputed origin. It is sometimes said to derive from a rare Welsh name, Maeldaf, plus dinas , the Cornish for "fort". Another…
Modern invented name, Scottish
"slope of a hill"
A newly hatched cousin of Bree and Brea, with a touch of Bailey and Brynn there too, Brae feels like a name that could catch on. However, a 'bray' is also the sound a donkey makes.
English or Irish
"broad hill or salmon"
One in the currently modish aden family of boys' names beginning to be used for girls as well as boys. The name Brayden was given to 15 baby girls in the US last year....and over 5000 baby boys, so…
Hebrew
"God has redeemed, hill of God"
Well used in Israel and in Russia, either on its own or as an endearment for Galila or Galina.
German
"mountain, hill"
Earthbound surname that few would make as first choice.
German, Dutch, and Swedish
"lives on a hill"
No kid would want to be open to all those burger jokes.
"hill of birds"
Brittle.
"meadow at the slope of the hill"
A rowdy name nobody ever heard of, till Nick Nolte gave it to his son.
"hill of the church"
Distinguished though it is, it will never shake its portly cigar-smoking image.
Scottish
"brown hill homestead"
Attractive placename/surname with a somewhat aristocratic feel.
"wooded hill"
As a surname, it's most familiar as Hearst -- publishing magnate William Randolph and kidnapped granddaughter Patty. Few would use it if it wasn't their own family name.
"hill"
The minimalist Howard.
Word name or diminutive of Landon
"long hill"
One of the simplest, most down-to-earth yet evocative of the word names, which could work — especially as a middle.
Classy-sounding surname name usually bypassed in favor of the simpler Landon.
"settlement on the hill"
Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.
"ruler's hill"
Rarely heard surname name that lacks the lightness of other o-ending names.