Hiller

The name Hiller has both German and English origins and is linguistically related to Norse:

German:

1) A metronymic from Hille a pet form of the female personal name Hildegund (see Hilke).

2) from a masculine personal beginning with the ancient Germanic element hild ‘strife/battle’.

3) A variant of Hüller (see Huller).4: German: habitational name for someone from Hille (Westphalia).

English:

1) A topographic name from Middle English hiller heller huller ‘dweller on the hill’ (compare Hilling). Where the suffix -er is added to a topographic term is mainly found in southern England especially in Hampshire Sussex and Surrey.

2) A possible variant of Hillier.

Norweigan, Icelandic:

1) Phoenetically similar to and possibly from the Norwegian or Icelandic "hallr", meaning, "flint."