Save Type Surname (from location) Usage German Pronounced Pron. HIT-lu [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Variant of Hiedler. This was spelling used by Alois Hitler, the father of German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), when he adopted his stepfather Johann Georg Hiedler's surname. Categories evil-doers, history, murderers, tyrants, WW2