Names That Mean Hill
- Telassar
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"hill of Assar"Description:
Variant of Thelasar
- 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.
- Dutton
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"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.
- Dunham
Origin:
ScottishMeaning:
"brown hill homestead"Description:
Attractive placename/surname with a somewhat aristocratic feel.
- Okasaki
Origin:
Japanese surnameMeaning:
"hill cape"Description:
Northeastern Japanese surname, also spelled Okazaki.
- Brynna
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"hill"Description:
You say Bryn, he says Bryana -- here's a name you might agree on.
- Bergen
Origin:
ScandinavianMeaning:
"lives on a hill"Description:
Norwegian city name heard much more often as a last name than a first.
- Maebry
Origin:
Variation of Mabry, English and Irish surnameMeaning:
"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."
- Brin
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"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.
- Embry
Origin:
English surnameMeaning:
"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.
- Birtle
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill of birds"Description:
Brittle.
- Galya
Origin:
HebrewMeaning:
"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.
- Mervyn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"sea hill"Description:
Terminally outmoded.
- Land
Origin:
Word name or diminutive of LandonMeaning:
"long hill"Description:
One of the simplest, most down-to-earth yet evocative of the word names, which could work — especially as a middle.
- Arfryn
Origin:
WelshMeaning:
"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.
- Hadden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"heathery hill"Description:
Rarely heard Hayden alternative -- though, mark our words, you'll spend your life correcting everyone's pronunciation and spelling.
- Paden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"path hill"Description:
This could be a new variation on the megapopular Braden-Caden-Haden bunch, or a nonmilitaristic form of Patton.
- Royden
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"rye hill"Description:
One way to refer to an ancestral Roy, if not the most mellifluous.
- Litton
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"settlement on the hill"Description:
Slightly less stiff and small if spelled Lytton.
- Churchill
Origin:
EnglishMeaning:
"hill of the church"Description:
Distinguished though it is, it will never shake its portly cigar-smoking image.
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