Cornhill

English

Etymology

From Old English corn (“corn”) + hyll (“hill”).

Proper noun

Cornhill (countable and uncountable, plural Cornhills)

1. (uncountable) A placename:
   1. A ward and street in the City of London, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ3281).
   2. A suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9107).
   3. A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ5858).
2. (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.

Related terms

• Cornhill-on-Tweed

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Cornhill is the 15507^th 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: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 369.
• Forebears