Given name & surname · also English
Hilliard
“from the hill”·“a guardian during battle”·“a defender or guardian during war”
Hilliard is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “from the hill”, “a guardian during battle”, and “a defender or guardian during war”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “from the hill”, “a guardian during battle”, and “a defender or guardian during war”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with English and German naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hilliard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,859
- 1,859 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 53 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 541 as a first name in 2020; 19,517 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hilliard’s family of names
Hilliard has a related form in Hillard. Hilliard has a related form in Hiller. Hilliard has a related form in Hillerd.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hillardvariant
- Hillerdvariant
- Hyllyerdvariant
- Hyllyardvariant
- Hyllierdvariant
- Hylliardvariant
- Hillyervariant
- Hilliervariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hilliard
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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