Hilton

English

Etymology

From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:

• Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
• From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪltən/

Proper noun

Hilton

1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966).
   2. A small village in Murton parish, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY7320).
   3. A village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2430).
   4. A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803).
   5. A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621).
   6. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611).
   7. A village in Worfield parish, south-east Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO7795).
   8. A civil parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, near Featherstone.
   9. A hamlet in Wall parish, Lichfield district, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SK0805).
   10. A suburb of Aberdeen, Aberdeen council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9208).
   11. A southern suburb of Inverness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NH6743).
   12. A hamlet near Tain, Highland council area (OS grid ref NH7980).
   13. A hamlet in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT8850).
3. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Early County, Georgia.
   2. An unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
   3. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
   4. A community in Atlantic Highlands borough, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
   5. A village in Parma, Monroe County, New York.
   6. An unincorporated community in Creek County, Oklahoma.
4. A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
5. A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
6. A suburb of Adelaide, in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
7. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

Derived terms

• Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head

References

• A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2011)

Anagrams

• tholin