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Gill

in Illinois

There are 2,253 people with the last name "Gill" in Illinois.

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Gill 397
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  1. is 393rd most common Sandoval
  2. is 394th most common Petersen
  3. is 395th most common Sharp
  4. is 396th most common Summers
  5. is 397th most common Gill
  6. is 398th most common Hardy
  7. is 399th most common Wolfe
  8. is 400th most common Schmitt
  9. is 401st most common Christensen

Similar Names and Nicknames

Gillespie, Gilliam, Galloway, Gillis, Gilliland, Gillette, Gilley, Gallo, Gillen, Gulley

Most Common First Names for Gill

John, Michael, William, David, Robert, James, Thomas, Brian, Patricia, Barbara

Meaning & History

English: from a short form of the personal names Giles, Julian, or William. In theory the name would have a soft initial when derived from the first two of these, and a hard one when from William or from the other possibilities discussed in 2–4 below. However, there has been much confusion over the centuries.

Northern English: topographic name for someone who lived by a ravine or deep glen, Middle English gil(l), Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.

Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille (Scottish), Mac Giolla (Irish), patronymics from an occupational name for a servant or a short form of the various personal names formed by attaching this element to the name of a saint. See McGill. The Old Norse personal name Gilli is probably of this origin, and may lie behind some examples of the name in northern England.

Scottish and Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac An Ghoill (see Gall 1).

Norwegian: habitational name from any of three farmsteads in western Norway named Gil, from Old Norse gil ‘ravine’.

Dutch: cognate of Giles.

Jewish (Israeli): ornamental name from Hebrew gil ‘joy’.

German: from a vernacular short form of the medieval personal name Aegidius (see Gilger).

Indian (Panjab): Sikh name, probably from Panjabi gil ‘moisture’, also meaning ‘prosperity’. There is a Jat tribe that bears this name; the Ramgarhia Sikhs also have a clan called Gill.

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