Last name origin & meaning: English: topographic name for someone who lived by a hill used as a
lookout station, from an unattested Old English tōt hyll
‘lookout hill’, or a habitational name from some place named with this
word, for example Tootle Heights in Lancashire, Tothill in
Lincolnshire, or Tuttle Hill in Warwickshire. This surname became
established in Ireland in the 17th century, and is now more common in
Ireland than England. This name appears in the following lists:
First Ladies,
Presidents' Kids
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