Cornhill
English
Etymology
From Old English corn (“corn”) + hyll (“hill”).
Proper noun
Cornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Cornhills)
- (uncountable) A placename:
- A ward and street in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).
- A suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9107).
- A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5858).
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Related terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cornhill is the 15507th most common surname in England, belonging to 332 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cornhill”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 369.
- Forebears
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