Gill (name)

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

  • in English, Gill may be a hypocorism of a number of given names, including Giles, Julian, William (Guillaume), Gillian
  • the Dutch form of the given namen Giles
  • 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)
  • in Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness" (גִּיל, feminine form גִּילָה, Gilla)
  • in Punjabi, a common last name in Punjab (ਗਿੱਲ or گل)

People with the surname Gill

  • A. A. Gill (Adrian Anthony Gill, 1954–2016), British newspaper columnist and writer
  • Adrian Gill (1937–1986), Australian meteorologist and oceanographer
  • Alan Gill, English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter
  • Albert Gill (1879–1916), English Victoria Cross recipient
  • André Gill (1840–1885), French caricaturist
  • Andy Gill (1956–2020), English musician, member of the rock band Gang of Four
  • Anthony Gill (disambiguation), multiple people, including
  • Joseph A. Gill (1854–1933), U. S. District Judge in Indian Territory from 1899 until 1907
  • Joseph B. Gill (1862–1942), Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
  • Joseph J. Gill (1846–1920), U.S. Representative from Ohio
  • Joseph K. Gill (1841–1931), American retailer and publisher in Oregon
  • Joseph L. Gill (1885–1972), American Democratic Party politician from Chicago, Illinois

Gill (Surname of Punjabi origin)

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