The first name Jill
A girl’s name from Latin.
Pronounced /d͡ʒɪl/ 1 syllable Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Jill last appeared in the official list in 2012, given to 3 girls. It peaked in 1996, with 8 births (#1,914).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Jill with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Jill at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 21 girls born in the United States were named Jill, the 5,810th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1966, when 7,871 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
Famous people named Jill
81 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Jill BidenAmerican educator and First Lady of the United States from 2021 to 2025
- Jill SteinAmerican politician and physician (born 1950)
- Jill ClayburghAmerican actress (1944–2010)
- Jill St. JohnAmerican actress, born 1940
- Jill HennessyCanadian actor-singer (born 1968)
- Jill ScottAmerican singer, born 1972
- Jill IrelandEnglish actress (1936–1990)
- Jill TarterAmerican astronomer, born 1944
- Jill CraybasAmerican tennis player, born 1974
- Jill RoordDutch association football player, born 1997
- Jill AbramsonFormer executive editor of The New York Times, born 1954
- Jill EikenberryAmerican actress, born 1947
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Questions
- What does the name Jill mean?
- A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
- What is the origin of the name Jill?
- A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
- How popular is the name Jill?
- In 2012, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Jill, ranking 5,876th. Its peak was 1996, with 8 births.
- Is Jill a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 208,572 US babies named Jill since 1880 were girls.
- When was Jill most popular?
- 1966 in the United States, when 7,871 babies were named Jill, its highest rank at 49th.
- How do you pronounce Jill?
- Jill is /d͡ʒɪl/, one syllable.
- What are other spellings of Jill?
- Gill.