The Hillier Last Name

Records tie Hillier closely to Hilliard. The name is usually explained as “from Hildegard, 'battle enclosure'”. Before spelling was fixed, Hilliard was also written Hillier. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Other spellings include Hillyard and Hilyard.

The 2010 US Census counted 3,079 people named Hillier, ranking it number 10,448 among American surnames. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. French birth records list 144 children named Hillier between 1891 and 2000. Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Heller.

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