Gil

Hebrew

"happiness"

Gil Origin and Meaning

The name Gil is a boy's name of Hebrew, Spanish origin meaning "happiness".

Pronounced zheel, it's a dashing conquistador; as gill, it's the nice and slightly boring guy down the street.

Gil Rank in US Top 1000

# 988 in the US

Popularity of the name Gil

• 1606 Nameberry 2023
• 75 Portugal 2014

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Famous People Named Gil

• Gilbert Allen "Gil" Meche American baseball player
• Gilbert Ray "Gil" Hodges American baseball player and manager
• Gilbert "Gil" Gerard American actor
• Gilbert Frank "Gil" Amelio American former CEO of Apple, Inc.
• Gil Birmingham American actor
• Ian Ernest Gilmore "Gil" Evans Canadian jazz pianist
• Gilbert "Gil" Scott Heron, American spoken word poet
• Gil Bellows Canadian actor
• Jaden Gil Agassi son of tennis players Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf
• Enrique Mari "Quen" Gil V Filipino Actor

The name Gil in Pop Culture

• Gilbert "Gil" Grissom character on TV's "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"
• "Gil Blas " 18th,century novel by Alain,Rene Lesage
• Gil Nexdor character on TV's "Johnny Test"
• Gil Le Fleur character on TV's "Northern Exposure"
• Gil Gunderson character on TV's "The Simpsons"
• Gil Chesterton character on TV's "Frasier"
• Gilbert "Gil" Blythe character in L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables"
• Gillington "Gil" Webber son of the river monster in "Monster High" show and series