Bar Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely derives from the Old English word 'bere' meaning barley, combined with 'hyll' meaning hill. It suggests a hill where barley was grown.
Word origins
- Bar
- Old EnglishAttestedbarley(from bere "barley")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")