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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Latin: Graceful, blessing; variation of Juliana
  2. Greek: Shield of hides
  3. French: Youth

First name variations: Gillianne, Gilliana, Gilian, Gillianah, Gillien, Gillyan, Gillyana, Gillyanah, Giliane, Gyles, Gilles, Gillis, Gilean, Gileon, Gil, Gillette, Egedio, Egide, Egidius, Gide, Jetes, Jyles, Giles

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: variant of Julian.
  2. Irish (Tyrone and Derry): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gileáin ‘son of Gileán’, a variant of the personal name Gealán, from a diminutive of geal ‘bright’, ‘white’.

Famous people with this first name: Gillian Anderson