Hillyard - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Hillyard \hi-llya-rd, hill-yard\ is a variant of Hilliard (Old German, Old English), and the meaning of Hillyard is "battle guard; yard on a hill".

The baby name Hillyard sounds like Hillard and Hillyerd. Other similar baby names are Hallward, Hallvard, Hillyer and Hillierd.

Hillyard is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#12409 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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