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The name Gillian peaked for boys at #4296 in 1978. Gillian is occasionally used for girls in 2025.

The name Gillian is a girl's name of English origin meaning "youthful".

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Gillian is a name that was in common usage in Great Britain until the 1970s, when it dropped out of the Top 100 and is yet to return. Until recently, it had not crossed the Atlantic in significant numbers, except in the short form Jill.
 In medieval England, the name Gillian was so common that it was used as a generic name for a girl, just as Jack was for a boy, hence the nursery rhyme Jack and J(G)ill and the expression "every Jack has his Jill." The high profile of actress Gillian The X Files Anderson did a lot to publicize the name in the US -- where it is more often spelled the phonetic Jillian.
 Two other noteworthy bearers are Australian film director Gillian Armstrong and Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. Gillian Boardman is a key character in Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land.

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The name Gillian peaked for girls at #303 in 1999. The name is most popular in Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland. Gillian is occasionally used for boys in 2016.

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