Hilling Family History
Hilling Name Meaning
English (Norfolk):: perhaps a variant of Hellen or of Illing with prosthetic H-. topographic name for someone who lived on a hill from Middle English hilling ‘hill-dweller’ (Old English hylling). The name is found early in Devon where this type of formation is common but it seems not to have survived there much beyond the 17th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022