Gillian
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning youthful; a form of Julian.
Gillian by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Gillian. In the US, 81 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,022 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Julian
Like Gillian, each of these traces back to Julian: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Julianyouthful; of Jupiter8,415 in the US (2017)
- Julienyouthful; a form of Julian422 in the US (2017)
- Jullianyouthful; variant spelling of Julian63 in the US (2017)
- Juliannyouthful; a form of Julian or Julius36 in the US (2017)
- Giulianoyouthful; Italian form of Julian33 in the US (2017)
- Yulianof Julius or youthful; a form of Julian24 in the US (2017)
- Julienneyouthful; a feminine form of Julian21 in the US (2017)
- Ulyanafrom Iulianus; a form of Julian21 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Gillian. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Gillian
Names that are said the same way as Gillian, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Jillianyouthful; a form of Juliana523 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean youth
Like Gillian, each of these has youth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Evelyndesired, wished-for child10,686 in the US (2017)
- Camilayoung ceremonial attendant6,761 in the US (2017)
- Addisonson of adam; child of adam5,743 in the US (2017)
- Juliayouthful; feminine form of Julius3,111 in the US (2017)
- Julianayouthful; feminine form of Julian1,991 in the US (2017)
- Paigeyoung servant or attendant1,695 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Gillian
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