Earls Hill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a hill associated with an 'earl', a high-ranking nobleman in Anglo-Saxon England. It signifies a hill belonging to or prominent in the territory of an earl.
Word origins
- Earls
- Old Englishof the earl(from eorl "nobleman, warrior", s "possessive suffix")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")