as a Last Name
- 26,961
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Hilton
Meaning & Origins
English (Lancashire) and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places so called. Most, including those in Cambridgeshire (formerly Huntingdonshire), Cleveland, Derbyshire, and Shropshire, get the name from Old English hyll ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Others, including those in Cumbria and Dorsetshire, have early forms in Hel and probably have as their first element Old English hielde ‘slope’ or possibly helde ‘tansy’.
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Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 26,961
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Hilton per capita
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