Gil

Where Gil comes from

Shortening.
— Wiktionary's entry for Gil
  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1465
    Gil Vicente born
    Portuguese writer
  2. 1912
    Gil Evans born
    American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist
  3. 1914
    First appearance
    #1,868 among boys, 12 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1957
    Peak, #685
    124 babies named Gil — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,068.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Gilbert.
Namesakes
  • Gil Vicente · Portuguese writer, 1465–1536
  • Gil Eanes · Portuguese explorer, died 1500
  • Gil Evans · American composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist, 1912–1988
  • Gil Birmingham · American actor, born 1953
  • Gil Bellows · Canadian actor, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.