as a Last Name
- 17,979
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Gillis
Meaning & Origins
Scottish: reduced form of Gaelic Mac Gille Iosa ‘son of the servant of Jesus’. Compare McLeish. The usual spelling in Scotland is Gillies.
| 1,718th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 17,979
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Massachusetts
- has the most people named Gillis per capita
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