Given name & surname
Hillie
“from the small hill”
Hillie is a variant of Hillock. One English interpretation is “from the small hill.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hillie is a variant of Hillock. One English interpretation is “from the small hill.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hillie is a variant of Hillock. An origin associated with Hillock is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hillie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 6 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 1947. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 312 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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