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Gill (name)

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For other uses of "Gill", see Gill (disambiguation).

Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources.

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Europe

In Europe, various cultures use the name, examples being:

  • the Dutch form of the given name Giles
  • in English, Gill may be a hypocorism of a number of given names, including Giles, Julian, William (Guillaume), Gillian, Gilbert
  • in Northern English, Scots and Norwegian, it may be a topographic name, ultimately derived from Old Norse gil 'ravine'; for example: Lord Gill
  • as a surname, an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill (or Mac Gille, Mac An Ghoill and variants), also derived from the origins of the same English name.

Indian subcontinent

  • in Punjab, a clan of Jats and Ramgharias (ਗਿੱਲ or گل), it may be derived from the Punjabi word 'gil' meaning "moisture".[1][2][3][4][5] According to oral history, the progenitor of the clan was a man named Gill.[6] Shergill, Virk, and Sidhu are descendant clans of the Gill Jat clan.[6][7] The name is also used by the Chuhra (Balmiki and Bhangi) caste, including the Mirasis.[8][9] According to bhāt (bardic) records, the Gill Jat clan claims origin to an abandoned child found by a raja in a moist, jungle area of the wilds whom was being attended by a lion.[10] This tale is recounted in colonial-era literature.[10] Connections to historic and contemporary Iranic peoples, such as the ancient Gelae tribe of the Scythians and the present-day Gilaki people, and locations such as Gilan, have been suggested.[10] There were half a million Gill Jats recorded in the 1881 British India census.[10] The Gill Jats had a marriage custom which involved digging a hole in a muddy spring.[10]

West Asia

In Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness" (גִּיל, feminine form גִּילָה, Gilla).

East Asia

In Korean, a common personal name often transliterated as Gil.[11]

People with the surname Gill

People with the given name Gill

Women

Men

  • Gill Bates, American international relations scholar specialized in Chinese foreign policy and politics
  • Gill Byrd (born 1961), American professional football player
  • Gill Dennis (1941–2015), American director and screenwriter
  • Gill Dougherty (born 1961), French singer and songwriter
  • Gill Fenerty (born 1963), American professional football player
  • Gill Fox (1915–2004), American political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator
  • Gill Holland (born 1964), American entrepreneur and film producer
  • Gill Landry (born 1975), American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • Gill McLachlan (born 1973), Australian sports administrator
  • Gill Sanderson, Author of romance novels
  • Gill Mohindepaul Singh (born 1970), Indian-Hong Kong actor
  • Gill Stegall (1961–1988), American professional football player
  • Gill Swerts (born 1982), Belgian professional footballer
  • Gill Verdon, Canadian physicist and entrepreneur
  • Gill Robb Wilson (1892–1966), American pilot, Presbyterian minister, and military advocate
  • Gill Warrenton (1894–1980), American silent and sound film cinematographer

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