Hilton

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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”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɪltən/

Hilton

1. A surname.
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2. A number of places in the United Kingdom:
   1. A village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2966). ^[1]
   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). ^[2]
   4. A village and civil parish in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST7803). ^[3]
   5. A small village and civil parish in County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ1621). ^[4]
   6. A village and civil parish in Stockton-on-Tees borough, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref NZ4611). ^[5]
   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. ^[6][7]
   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). ^[8]
   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 of 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.

• Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head
• Hilton House

• A Dictionary of British Place-Names (2011)

• tholin

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key):

Hilton m anim (female equivalent Hiltonová)

1. a male surname