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.

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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

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