Hull (surname) explained
If the surname Hull is of topographical origin, it may derive from the Old English hyll, denoting a "dweller on or by a hill" (making it a Middle English West Country and West Midlands variant of Hill),[1] [2] or from a Welsh term for a rough, uneven place.[3] It may also be of locational origin, e.g., Kingston upon Hull on the River Hull in Yorkshire, or derive from the personal name Hulle, a pet form of Hugh.[4] The name spread from the British Isles throughout the Anglosphere.
The first notable bearer of the name in North America, a brother of the Rev. Joseph Hull, was George Hull (1590–1659) of Crewkerne, Somerset, who in 1630 sailed on the Mary and John from Plymouth, Devon, in cooperation with the Winthrop Fleet,[5] and helped in the Puritan founding of Dorchester, which he represented at the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hull later surveyed lands for the new Colony of Connecticut, including Windsor and Wethersfield; helped found Fairfield; and served as a representative to the General Court and as assistant to his good friend Roger Ludlow, who appointed him associate magistrate for towns along the shoreline.[6] [7] [8]
Notable people with the surname Hull include:
A
- Agrippa Hull (1759–1848), African-American colonial revolutionary
- Akasha Gloria Hull (born 1944), American poet, writer and critic
- Alan Hull (1945–1995), English singer-songwriter
- Albert W. Hull (1880–1966), American physicist and electrical engineer
- Allie Ray Hull (1915–2006), American politician
- Andrea Hull (born 1949), Australian academic
- Andrew Hull (1963–2010), Canadian-born filmmaker and director
- Andy Hull (born 1986), American singer, musician and songwriter
- Ann Hull (1925–2003), American politician
- Anne Hull (born 1961), American journalist
- Arthur Hull (disambiguation), several people
B
- Bart Hull (born 1969), Canadian-American football player
- Ben Hull (born 1972), English actor and presenter
- Blair Hull (born 1942), American businessman investor politician
- Brett Hull (born 1964), Canadian-American ice hockey player
- Bunny Hull (born 1951), American songwriter, musician and author
- Burling Hull (1889–1982), American magician
C
- Caesar Hull (1914–1940), South African flying ace
- Charles Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Charley Hull (born 1996), English golfer
- Chester Hull (1919–2012), Canadian military officer
- Chris Hull (born 1957), British theoretical physicist
- Christina M. Hull (born 1970), American mycologist
- Clark L. Hull (1884–1952), American psychologist
- Coral Hull (born 1965), Australian author, poet and artist
- Cordell Hull (1871–1955), American politician
D
E
- E. M. Hull (1880–1947), British writer
- Edgar Hull (1904–1984), American physician
- Edmund Hull (born 1949), American diplomat
- Edna Mayne Hull (1905–1975), Canadian writer
- Edward Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Eleanor Hull (1860–1935), English writer and journalist
- Eleanor Hull, Lady Hull (c. 1394–1460), English translator
- Elizabeth Anne Hull (1937–2021), American science fiction expert
- Emmett J. Hull (1882–1957), American architect
- Eric Hull (born 1979), American baseball player
- Evan Hull (born 2000), American football player
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G
H
- Hannah Clothier Hull (1872–1958), American feminist and pacifist
- Harold Hull (1920–1988), American basketball player
- Harris Hull (1909–1993), American military officer
- Harry E. Hull (1864–1938), American businessman and politician
- Helen Huntington Hull (1893–1976), American socialite and arts patron
- Helen Rose Hull (1888–1971), American novelist and feminist
- Henry Hull (1890–1977), American character actor
- Henry Charles Hull (1860–1932), South African politician
- Herbert Hull (1886–1970), English cricketer
- Holly Hull (born 1994), British singer and actress
I
J
- Jake Hull (born 2001), English footballer
- James Hull, British dentist
- James L. Hull (1873–1928), American soldier
- Jane Dee Hull (1935–2020), American politician and educator
- Jeff Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Jessica Hull (born 1996), Australian runner
- Jessie Hull Mayer (1910–2009), American painter and muralist
- Jimmy Hull (1917–1991), American basketball player
- Jody Hull (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
- John Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Joseph Hull (1596–1665), Colonial American minister
- Josephine Hull (1877–1957), American actress
- Josh Hull (American football) (born 1987), American football player
- Josh Hull (cricketer) (born 2004), English cricketer
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M
- Marie Hull (1890–1980), American painter
- Mark Rowan-Hull (born 1968), British performance and visual artist
- McAllister Hull (1923–2011), American theoretical physicist
- Megan Hull (born 1996), New Zealand field hockey player
- Merlin Hull (1870–1953), American lawyer, newspaper publisher and politician
- Merry Hull (1908–1978), American designer and inventor
- Mike Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Morton D. Hull (1867–1937), American politician
- Moses Hull (1836–1907), American Seventh-day Adventist minister
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R
- R. F. C. Hull (1913–1974), British translator
- Rae Hull, Canadian media and television producer
- Ralph W. Hull (1883–1943), American magician
- Raymond Hull (1919–1985), Canadian playwright and screenwriter
- Raymond Hull (politician) (born 1963), American politician
- Richard Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Robert Hull (disambiguation), several people
- Robin Hull (1905-1960), music critic
- Robin Hull (born 1974), Finnish snooker player
- Rod Hull (1935–1999), British comedian and television entertainer
- Roger Hull (insurance executive) (1907–1972), American businessman
- Roger Harold Hull (born 1942), American academic administrator
- Ron Hull (1940–2001), American football player and coach
- Ross A. Hull (c. 1902–1938), Australian-American radio engineer and experimenter
- Ross Hull (born 1975), Canadian actor and television personality
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Notes and References
- https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/nowele.21-22.06kri OE hyll in the East Midlands in Late Middle English, Gillis Kristensson, 1993
- https://books.google.com/books?id=rk1dDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22hyll%22+%22hill%22+%22hull%22+%22pronunciation%22&pg=PA443 From Old English to Standard English: A Coursebook in Language Variation Across Time, Dennis Freeborn, 1992
- An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names, William Arthur, 1857
- http://media0.webgarden.name/files/media0:51017f4721b7c.pdf.upl/%28a%29%20p%C5%99%C3%ADjmen%C3%AD.pdf A Dictionary of English Surnames, P.H. Reaney and R.M. Wilson, 1958
- http://genealogytrails.com/mass/maryandjohn.html Massachusetts Genealogy Trails
- https://archive.org/details/hullfamilyinamer00weyg/mode/2up The Hull Family in America, Col. Charles H. Weygant, 1913
- https://www.hullfamilyassociation.org/hull_fam_in_america.shtml The Hull Family Association
- https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/hull-george-1590-1659 New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial; A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation (4 vols., New York, Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), vol. 3, 1183, William Richard Cutter
