MEANING & HISTORY
What does Jill mean?
Jill is a form of Gill used as a familiar name from Gillian, the medieval English continuation of Juliana. The dictionary supplies the full relationship rather than a modern derivation from the English word jill as an ordinary noun.
The older Juliana family belongs to Julius; youthful is not an independently certain literal root for Jill. Jill and Gill retain different written forms. Their historical connection is useful, but a person called Jill need not also have Gillian as another registered name.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
A female given name from Latin.
EnglishEtymology & source
As an English surname, converged from variants of Giles (sometimes through Dutch), Julian, and William. As a northern English surname, from Middle English gil (“ravine, glen”), from Old Norse gil. The Old Norse is also a source of the Norwegian surname. As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, variant of McGill. Also as an Irish surname, variant of Gall. As a Jewish/Israeli given name, as well as surname, from Hebrew גיל (“joy”). As a German surname, variant of Gilger. As a Sikh Punjabi surname originating in India, from ਗਿੱਲ (gill, “moisture”).
A diminutive of the male given names Giles, Julian, and William, of medieval usage.; A diminutive of the female given name Gillian, variant of Jill.; A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Juliana, from Latin Iūliāna.
A female given name from Latin, Latin feminine form of Julianus, derivative of Julius.
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People with the name Jill
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Jill Yulo
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Jill Yulo
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Jill in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Jill
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Will♂Short form of William or other Wil names
- Jim♂Familiar form of James
- Jimi♂Variant of Jimmy, a diminutive of James
- Jiro♂Japanese Jirō; 二郎 combines two and son
- Jirō♂Two + son in the Japanese 二郎 spelling
- Jiffy♂From English jiffy, a short moment
- Jillian♀Variant of Gillian, from the Juliana family
- Jimbo♂Familiar form of James
What rhymes with Jill?
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Names with a similar written ending
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Recorded combinations with Jill
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
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Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1798473 — Jill (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Jill Yulo (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1798473 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jill (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jill (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Jill (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Juliana (opens in a new tab)
Feminine Julian formation.
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources — Julian (opens in a new tab)
Belonging to Julius rather than an assured youthful gloss.