Hillyard Family Name and Heraldry

Not every Hillyard is related, but the name itself grew out of Hilliard. Its meaning, shared with Hilliard, is “from Hildegard, 'battle enclosure'”. Hillyard writes “y” in place of the “i” found in Hilliard, a common scribal difference. The same family of names includes Hilyard and Hillier.

Hillyard ranked 13,616 in the 2010 US Census, with 2,225 people answering to the name.

Arms linked to Hilliard and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Hillyard report, with a museum-style coat of arms.