Jill
 Jack and Jill by Kate Greenaway, 1900. | |
| Gender | Primarily feminine |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Variant form | Juliana |
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Jill is an English feminine given name, often a short form of the name Gillian or Jillian, which in turn originated as a Middle English variant of Juliana. Jill was such a common name that it had an everygirl quality, as in the 15th century English nursery rhyme Jack and Jill.[1] By the 17th century, the name had become a term for a "common street jade", implying promiscuous sexual behavior, and declined in usage in the Anglosphere.[2] Usage of the name increased again in the 20th century. The name was most used in English-speaking countries from the 1930s to the 1970s. It is currently well-used in the Netherlands.[3]
People with the given name
[edit]- Jill Abramson (born 1954), American author, journalist, and academic
- Jill Andrew, Canadian politician
- Jill Andrews (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
- Jill Astbury, Australian researcher into violence against women
- Jill Balcon (1925–2009), British actress
- Jill Barber (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter
- Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, American biostatistician and data scientist
- Jill Becker, American psychological researcher
- Jill Bialosky (born 1957), American writer
- Jill Biden (born 1951), American educator and the First Lady of the United States
- Jill Bilcock (born 1948), Australian film editor
- Jill Bonner (1937–2021), British-American condensed matter physicist
- Jill Brothers (born 1983), Canadian curler
- Jill E. Brown (born 1950), African American aviator
- Jill Bryson (born 1961), Scottish singer and member of Strawberry Switchblade
- Jill Carroll (born 1977), American journalist
- Jill P. Carter (born 1964), American politician
- Jill Clayburgh (1944–2010), American actress
- Jill Cooper (tennis) (born 1949), British tennis player
- Jill Corey (1935–2021), American popular standards singer
- Jill Costello (1987–2010), American athlete and lung cancer activist
- Jill Craigie (1911–1999), British film director and writer
- Jill Craybas (born 1974), American tennis player
- Jill Dando (1961–1999), British television presenter
- Jill Dickman, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly
- Jill Dillard (born 1991), American reality TV personality
- Jill Ellis (born 1966), American football manager
- Jill Esmond (1908–1990), English actress
- Jill Evans (born 1959), Welsh politician
- Jill Filipovic (born 1983), American author and attorney
- Jill Fisch, American professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
- Jill Frappier (born 1944), British voice actress
- Jill Freedman (1939–2019), American photographer
- Jill Furse (1915–1944), English actress
- Jill Gallagher (born 1955), Australian community activist
- Jill Gallard, British diplomat
- Jill Garner, Australian architect
- Jill Gascoine (1937–2020), English actress and novelist
- Jill Gibbon, British artist
- Jill Gibson (born 1942), American singer, songwriter, photographer
- Jill Giegerich (born 1952), American artist
- Jill Gilbeau (born 1987), American soccer player
- Jill Gilmore (born 1973), New Zealand footballer
- Jill Godmilow (1943–2025), American filmmaker
- Jill Gohdes (born 1990), Australian field hockey player
- Jill Goldsmith, American TV writer and producer
- Jill Goldston (born 1943), English actress
- Jill Goldthwait, American politician
- Jill Golick (born 1956), Canadian screenwriter
- Jill Gomez (born 1942), Trinidadian and British soprano
- Jill Goodacre (born 1964), American model and actress
- Jill Green (dance educator), American dance educator and scholar
- Jill Green (politician), Canadian politician
- Jill Greenberg, Canadian-American photographer
- Jill Greenwood (1910–1995), English artist and nuclear disarmament activist
- Jill S. Grigsby, American sociologist
- Jill Hackland (born 1947), South African international lawn bowler
- Jill Halfpenny (born 1975), British actress
- Jill Hall (born 1949), Australian politician
- Jill Hall (athlete) (born 1946), British athlete
- Jill Hammond (born 1950), Australian basketball player
- Jill R. Harper (born 1972), American molecular biologist
- Jill Harries, British historian
- Jill Harris, American voice actress
- Jill Clarke Harrison, English long-distance runner
- Jill Hartman (born 1974), Canadian poet and editor
- Jill Haworth (1945–2011), English-American actress
- Jill Heinerth (born 1965), Canadian cave diver
- Jill Hellyer (1925–2012), Australian poet
- Jill Henneberg (born 1974), American equestrian
- Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress and musician
- Jill Hennessy (politician) (born 1972), Australian politician
- Jill Henselwood (born 1962), Canadian equestrian
- Jill Hetherington (born 1964), Canadian tennis player and coach
- Jill Higginson, American biomechanical engineer
- Jill Hoare (born 1933), English computer scientist
- Jill Hoffman, American poet and editor
- Jill Holterman (born 1991), Dutch long-distance runner
- Jill Hood-Linzee (1928–2007), British figure skater
- Jill Hooks, New Zealand accountancy academic
- Jill M. Hooley, British psychologist
- Jill Horan, Irish camogie player
- Jill Horstead (born 1967), Canadian swimmer
- Jill Hruby (born 1959), American civil servant
- Jill Hunter (born 1966), English long-distance runner
- Jill Lorie Hurst (born 1901), American writer
- Jill Hutchison (born 1945), American basketball coach
- Jill Hyem (1937–2015), British actor and screenwriter
- Jill Idh, Swedish kickboxer
- Jill Insley, British journalist
- Jill Ireland (1936–1990), British actress
- Jill Irving (born 1963), Canadian equestrian
- Jill Jack, American musician
- Jill Jacobs (rabbi) (born 1975), American rabbi
- Jill Jacobson (1954–2024), American actress
- Jill James, American biochemist and autism researcher
- Jill Janssens (born 2003), Belgian footballer
- Jill Janus (1975–2018), American heavy metal singer
- Jill Jim, American health administrator and epidemiologist
- Jill St. John (born 1940), American actress
- Jill Johnson (born 1973), Swedish singer-songwriter
- Jill Johnson (swimmer) (born 1969), American swimmer
- Jill Johnston (1929–2010), American feminist author
- Jill F. Johnstone, Canadian ecologist
- Jill Jolliffe (1945–2022), Australian journalist and author
- Jill Jones (born 1962), American singer and songwriter
- Jill Jones (curler) (born 1975), American curler
- Jill Jones (poet) (born 1951), Australian poet
- Jill Marie Jones, American actress
- Jill de Jong (born 1982), Dutch actress
- Jill Justin (born 1967), American softball player
- Jill Karofsky (born 1966), American judge
- Jill Kelley (born 1975), Lebanese-American philanthropist, activist, and diplomatic advisor
- Jill Kelley (born 1971), American pornographic actress, director and producer
- Jill Kinmont Boothe (1936–2012), American alpine ski racer and schoolteacher
- Jill Knight (1923–2022), British politician
- Jill Koford, American politician
- Jill Konrath, American business writer
- Jill Koshiol, American cancer epidemiologist
- Jill Larson (born 1947), American actress
- Jill Lepore (born 1966), American historian
- Jill MacLean (born 1941), Canadian writer
- Jill Malone (fl. 2009–2013), American novelist
- Jill Martin (1938–2016), English musical theatre actress
- Jill McKnight, Canadian politician
- Jill Mellick, Australian Jungian-oriented clinical psychologist
- Jill Milroy, Australian Aboriginal academic
- Jill Morris (born 1967), British diplomat
- Jill Murphy (1949–2021), English writer and illustrator
- Jill Norman, British editor and food writer
- Jill Officer (born 1975), Canadian curler
- Jill Ovens, Zealand trade unionist, politician, and activist
- Jill Parrish (born 1961), American lawyer and judge
- Jill Pizzotti (born 1966), American college basketball coach
- Jill Roord (born 1997), Dutch professional footballer
- Jill Saulnier (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
- Jill Savery (born 1972), American competitor in synchronised swimming and Olympic champion
- Jill Saward (1965–2017), English campaigner and author
- Jill Scott (born 1972), American singer
- Jill Scott (born 1987), English footballer
- Jill Sebastian (born 1950), American educational innovator and artist
- Jill Siegfried, American pharmacologist
- Jill Slattery (born 1945), British swimmer
- Jill W. Smith, American philanthropist
- Jill Sobule (1959–2025), American singer-songwriter
- Jill Stanley, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series You Can't Do That on Television
- Jill Sterkel (born 1961), American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and water polo player
- Jill St. John (born 1940), American actress
- Jill Talley (born 1962), American voice actress
- Jill Tarter (born 1944), American astronomer
- Jill Thompson (born 1966), American illustrator and write
- Jill Long Thompson (born 1952), American politician and academic
- Jill Tokuda (born 1976), American politician
- Jill Tracy, American musician
- Jill Trenary (born 1968), American former figure skater
- Jill Vedder (born 1977), American philanthropist, activist and former fashion model
- Jill Vidal (born 1982), Hong Kong singer
- Jill Viles (bor 1974), American writer
- Jill Wagner (born 1979), American actress
- Jill Paton Walsh (1937–2020), English novelist and children's writer
- Jill Watson (born 1963), American retired pair skater and coach
- Jill Zarin, American television personality
- Jill Zimmerman (born 1959), computer scientist and professor at Goucher College
Fictional characters
[edit]- Jill, a character in the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill"
- Jill Foster Abbott, a character on the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Jill Archer, a character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers
- Jill Masterson, from Goldfinger
- Jill Pole, a main character in C. S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair
- Jill Roberts, a main character in Scream 4
- Jill Taylor, the wife of Tim Taylor from the ABC sitcom Home Improvement
- Jill Valentine, a character from the Resident Evil video games series
- Jill Warrick, the lead female character from Final Fantasy XVI
- Jill, a character in Katharine Kerr's Deverry Cycle book series
Jill as middle name
[edit]- Amy-Jill Levine (born 1956), feminist theology professor
- J. Jill Suitor, sociology professor
- Suzanne Jill Levine (born 1946), American poet and translator
- Lara Jill Miller (born 1967), American actress
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.
- ↑ "Full text of "Curiosities of Puritan nomenclature"". archive.org. 1880. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ↑ Campbell, Mike. "Jill". behindthename.com. Behind the Name. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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