# Gijs (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gijs/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## People named Gijs

- Gijs Blom, Dutch actor
- Gijs Van Hoecke, Belgian racing cyclist
- Gijs Naber, Dutch actor
- Gijs Smal, Dutch association football player
- Gijs Leemreize, Dutch cyclist
- Gijs Luirink, Dutch footballer
- Gijs Broeksma, Dutch archer
- Gijs de Vries, Dutch politician
- Gijs van Hall, Dutch politician (1904–1977)
- Gijs Scholten van Aschat, actor (born 1959)
- Gijs Besselink, Dutch football player
- Gijs van Aardenne, Dutch politician (1930-1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.