Jillian

Where Jillian comes from

The dictionaries list Jillian as a given name — a female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Latin
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1944
    First appearance
    #4,574 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1980
    Jillian Hall born
    American professional wrestler
  3. 1982
    Peak, #96
    3,056 babies named Jillian — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1984
    Jillian Bell born
    American actress and comedian
  5. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #197.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian.
Namesakes
  • Jillian Bell · American actress and comedian, born 1984
  • Jillian Hall · American professional wrestler, born 1980
  • Jillian Murray · actress, born 1984
  • Jillian Rose Reed · American actress, born 1991
  • Jillian Michaels · American personal trainer, reality show personality, actress, talk show host and entrepreneur, born 1974

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.