Huller Family History

English: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill from Middle English huller (see Hull). This type of topographic name formation with -er equivalent to atte Hull is common in southern England and absent from northern England. See Hiller and Heller.

English: in Yorkshire a late variant of Hulley. English: variant of Hillier from Middle English huller ‘roofer’ found in Western and southern England as far east as Sussex.

German (Hüller): occupational name for a tailor from an agent derivative of Middle High German hülle hulle ‘cloak’.

German (Hüller): shortened form of Hülber a topographic name for a farmer near a pond or watering hole for cattle from Middle High German hülwe ‘shallow village pond’.