Tillinghast Family History
Tillinghast Name Meaning
English (Middlesex): habitational name from Tillinghurst in Sussex. The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Titta + Old English connective -ing- or the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hyrst ‘hillock copse’ meaning ‘the copse associated with Titta’ or ‘the copse of Titta's people’. This surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022