Hills Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Hills is how some branches of the Hill family came to write their name. Read literally, Hills points to “Dweller on or by a hill”.

• Other spellings include Hull, Hille and Hillman.
• Hills adds a patronymic ending to Hill, marking ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

Hills coat of arms

Arms linked to Hill and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Hills family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.