White Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name simply means 'white hill', with 'white' coming from the Old English 'hwit' and 'hill' being a common English topographic term.
Word origins
- White
- Old EnglishAttestedwhite(from hwit "white")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")