Hoover
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hill dweller, one who lives on hills.
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Hoover by the numbers
Its American peak was 255 babies in 1928, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hoover. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a mountain
Like Hoover, each of these has a mountain in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Landonlong hill; open grassy hill6,390 in the US (2017)
- Brandonbeacon hill or gorse covered hill3,482 in the US (2017)
- Arlofortified hill; barberry tree2,083 in England and Wales (2025)
- Knoxround hill1,646 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hoover
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