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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsGreenhills, Greenhillman, Greenhill-Jeffery
Meaning & History
The name is derived from a geographic locality, "at the green hill", or rather, more specifically of "Greenhill". The surname could also derive from the liberty on the wapentake of Corringham in Lincolnshire, or a hamlet in the parish of Harrow in Middlesex. It is more commonly found in the USA than anywhere else, although Britain comes a close second.