Jillian

Where Jillian comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Jillian.

  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Jillian through the years
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,574 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Jillian Hall born
    American professional wrestler
  3. 1982
    Peak, #96
    3,056 babies named Jillian, the most in any year.
  4. 1984
    Jillian Bell born
    American actress and comedian
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #197.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian.
Namesakes
  • Jillian Bell · American actress and comedian, born 1984
  • Jillian Hall · American professional wrestler, born 1980
  • Jillian Murray · actress, born 1984
  • Jillian Rose Reed · American actress, born 1991
  • Jillian Michaels · American personal trainer, reality show personality, actress, talk show host and entrepreneur, born 1974

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.