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The surname Hull has a number of possible origins. First, as an English place name from one of the places called Hull such as in Cheshire, Somerset, and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The location names are recorded as "Hulle" , "Hilla" , and as "Hul" . The name is derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century "hyll" meaning hill. It may also be a place name for a "dweller on or by a hill". The sound represented by the Olde English "y" developed in different dialects of Middle English and in the Midlands it became a "u", explains how the spelling "hull" evolved. The surname may also derive from the personal name "Hulle", a pet form of "Hugh".

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