Greenhill
hamlet · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Greenhill means 'green hill' in Old English. It describes a settlement located on a verdant slope or summit.
Word origins
- Green
- Old EnglishAttestedgreen(from grēne "green")
- hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")