Illar meaning | Last name Illar origin

Variant of Hilliard. See Hildyard - Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.

Illar is variation of the Hilliard. Dweller at the hill enclosure; descendant of Hildyard meaning "war, enclosure".

Illar is a variant of the Billy. One who came from Billie or Bellie meaning "village, farm," in Scotland.

Form of Billy. Not from William, but from a place in the arrondissement of Caen, in Normandy. Also a comrade, companion.

Is a variation of the Hildyard. Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.

Surname is the form of Hillyer. See Hellier - The Anglo-Saxon helan, like the southern provincialism, to heal, signifies to cover; and in the West of England a hellier is a thatcher or tiler, equivalent to the French couvreur, one who covers buildings with any material whatever. It was a kind of generic appellative, including the Thatchers, Tylers, Slaters, Shinglers, and Reeders, all of whom are also separately represented in the family nomenclature. In Walsingham's History, the arch- traitor, Wat Tyler, is designated "Walterus Helier."

The variant of Illyard. The same as Hilliard - See Hildyard - Formerly Hildhcard, an ancient personal name. The family are said to have sprung from Robert Hildheard, who was of Normanby, county of York, in the year 1109. B.L.G.