Bachelor Hill

hill or mountain · York

Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements

This name means 'hill belonging to a bachelor'. It refers to a hill that was perhaps owned or associated with an unmarried man.

Word origins

Bachelor
Old Englishbachelor, unmarried man(from bæccelor "bachelor")
Hill
Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")