Gillian

JILL-ee-an

Feminine variation of Julian

"youthful"

Gillian Origin and Meaning

Variation of Jill

Gillian Rank in US Top 1000

# 832 in the US

Gillian Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 875 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Gillian

• 875 Nameberry 2026

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Famous People Named Gillian

• Gillian Leigh Anderson American actress
• Gillian May Armstrong Australian film director
• Gillian Howard Welch American singer,songwriter (pronounced "GILL,ian" hard G)
• Gillian MacLaren Jacobs American actress (pronounced "GILL,ian" hard G)
• Gillian Blakeney Australian actress; twin sister Gayle Blakeney
• Gillian Murphy American ballerina
• Gillian Wearing English conceptual artist
• Gillian Schieber Flynn American novelist (pronounced "GILL,ian" hard G)
• Gillian Vigman American comic actress
• Gillian McKeith Scottish TV presenter
• Gillian Chung (Yan tung) (born Chung Dik,san), Hong Kong singer and actress

The name Gillian in Pop Culture

• Gillian Hewley character in video game "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII"
• Gillian Stevens character in film "Hollywood North"
• Gillian Boardman character in "Stranger in a Strange Land" (1961)
• Gillian MacAllister character in "Gillian" by Frank Yerby
• Gillian Owens sister of Sally Owens, character in book/film "Practical Magic"
• Gillian Buttershaw character in BBC's "Last Tango in Halifax"
• Gillian Redmond character on TV's Call the midwife
• Gillian Taylor whale doctor in the 1986 film Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home