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Gill en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɪl/ diminutive of Giles, Julian, Gillian
  • /ˈɡɪl/ diminutive of Wiliam, surname (incl.Punjabi/Sikh), Jewish name, Gillingham FC person

Etymology

* 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”).

Meanings

  1. Someone connected with Gillingham Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.

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Relateds

Gil

Gill en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒɪl/ diminutive of Giles, Julian, Gillian
  • /ˈɡɪl/ diminutive of Wiliam, surname (incl.Punjabi/Sikh), Jewish name, Gillingham FC person

Etymology

* 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”).

Meanings

  1. A Scottish and Northern English habitational surname from Old Norse for someone who lived near a gill.
  2. A Scottish and Irish surname from Scottish Gaelic [in turn originating as a patronymic], an alternate anglicization of Mac an Ghoill (McGill).
  3. A diminutive of the male given names Giles, Julian, and William, of medieval usage.
  4. A diminutive of the female given name Gillian, variant of Jill.
    • each Jack with his Gill 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:
  5. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
  6. A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado; named for early landowner William H. Gill.
  7. A locale in the United States: ▸ A township in Sullivan County, Indiana.
  8. A locale in the United States: ▸ A township in Clay County, Kansas.
  9. A locale in the United States: ▸ A town in Franklin County, Massachusetts; named for Massachusetts politician Moses Gill.
  10. A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Harrison County, Texas.
  11. A locale in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia; named for an early postmaster.
  12. A locale in the United States: ▸ A ghost town in Harding County, South Dakota; named for early postmaster Carl M. Gilberg.
  13. A surname from Punjabi from ਗਿੱਲ (gilla).

Deriveds

Gill Sans · Lough Gill · Gill's Green