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Gill

in Iowa

There are 300 people with the last name "Gill" in Iowa.

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Gill 992
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  1. is 988th most common Kuennen
  2. is 989th most common Mathis
  3. is 990th most common Waller
  4. is 991st most common Wolff
  5. is 992nd most common Gill
  6. is 993rd most common Kellogg
  7. is 994th most common Koehler
  8. is 995th most common Kress
  9. is 996th most common Krieger

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Gill

Michael, James, Robert, Gregory, Jennifer, Mary, Barbara, Nancy, Susan, Thomas

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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