Jill Forename
1,821st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 546,996 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norfolk Island
Jill Forename Definition:
A female name. a pet-form of Gillian (q.v.), now often used as an independent name.
Read More About This ForenameJill Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 384,763 | 1:942 | 201 |
| England | 100% | 66,236 | 1:839 | 190 |
| Canada | 100% | 25,298 | 1:1,310 | 299 |
| Australia | - | 16,559 | 1:825 | 183 |
| New Zealand | - | 9,939 | 1:456 | 100 |
| Philippines | 81% | 5,606 | 1:18,910 | 2,028 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,555 | 1:963 | 191 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,307 | 1:12,661 | 2,015 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 4,217 | 1:4,008 | 649 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,534 | 1:1,221 | 269 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,115 | 1:4,661 | 533 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,888 | 1:6,086 | 840 |
| Papua New Guinea | 96% | 1,692 | 1:4,818 | 517 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,486 | 1:1,240 | 241 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,061 | 1:4,377 | 458 |
| Kenya | - | 892 | 1:51,914 | 3,478 |
| Denmark | - | 835 | 1:6,766 | 688 |
| Germany | 100% | 764 | 1:126,542 | 2,415 |
| Norway | 100% | 740 | 1:6,936 | 721 |
| China | - | 707 | 1:1,932,186 | 42,564 |
| France | 99% | 634 | 1:104,843 | 2,266 |
| Ghana | - | 618 | 1:43,667 | 2,441 |
| Egypt | 59% | 564 | 1:162,945 | 6,404 |
| India | 69% | 446 | 1:2,723,942 | 128,205 |
| Thailand | 100% | 370 | 1:189,367 | 12,768 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 297 | 1:868,565 | 56,148 |
| Suriname | 100% | 247 | 1:2,238 | 528 |
| Zambia | - | 232 | 1:68,340 | 3,787 |
| Spain | 100% | 231 | 1:201,428 | 4,082 |
| Malaysia | 88% | 220 | 1:138,409 | 8,895 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 210 | 1:49,673 | 3,332 |
| Zimbabwe | 92% | 207 | 1:74,511 | 5,822 |
| Peru | 88% | 202 | 1:157,383 | 4,600 |
| Gabon | 100% | 200 | 1:9,417 | 1,573 |
| Singapore | 89% | 179 | 1:35,123 | 5,936 |
| Qatar | 88% | 176 | 1:13,464 | 2,098 |
| Jersey | - | 175 | 1:571 | 136 |
| Vanuatu | - | 159 | 1:1,646 | 442 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 157 | 1:52,315 | 2,255 |
| Mexico | 95% | 139 | 1:893,125 | 7,672 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 138 | 1:1,286,698 | 29,889 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 134 | 1:10,160 | 1,498 |
| Brazil | 100% | 133 | 1:1,610,798 | 36,414 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 114 | 1:62,737 | 5,556 |
| Malawi | 67% | 106 | 1:161,437 | 7,641 |
| Hong Kong | - | 101 | 1:76,760 | 2,687 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 94 | 1:674 | 161 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 90 | 1:6,267 | 613 |
| Ecuador | - | 84 | 1:211,035 | 3,541 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 80 | 1:377,524 | 11,070 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Uganda | 84% | 73 | 1:561,054 | 12,371 |
| Seychelles | - | 71 | 1:1,305 | 317 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 70 | 1:339,567 | 23,353 |
| Finland | 100% | 67 | 1:81,839 | 2,154 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 64 | 1:74,499 | 2,766 |
| Italy | 86% | 60 | 1:1,017,702 | 8,778 |
| Austria | 100% | 54 | 1:157,670 | 2,668 |
| Panama | 100% | 50 | 1:78,131 | 4,279 |
| Bermuda | - | 49 | 1:1,323 | 299 |
| Japan | - | 46 | 1:2,782,306 | 22,277 |
| Chile | 93% | 45 | 1:391,271 | 5,284 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 44 | 1:19,797 | 1,296 |
| Botswana | 100% | 42 | 1:52,011 | 4,968 |
| Russia | 92% | 42 | 1:3,434,136 | 19,138 |
| Barbados | - | 36 | 1:8,050 | 966 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 35 | 1:3,136 | 577 |
| Malta | - | 34 | 1:12,628 | 1,146 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 31 | 1:1,977 | 447 |
| Namibia | - | 31 | 1:77,554 | 3,985 |
| Honduras | 100% | 30 | 1:293,916 | 5,685 |
| Colombia | 67% | 28 | 1:1,706,390 | 15,412 |
| Greece | 100% | 28 | 1:390,520 | 5,921 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Mozambique | - | 25 | 1:1,089,734 | 1,713 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Afghanistan | 75% | 24 | 1:1,359,313 | 14,542 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 22 | 1:26,407 | 1,982 |
| Liberia | 78% | 20 | 1:220,603 | 7,624 |
| Nicaragua | 78% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| South Korea | - | 18 | 1:308,023 | 9,744 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Vietnam | - | 17 | 1:5,448,418 | 3,651 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Myanmar | - | 16 | 1:3,246,767 | 1,079 |
| Israel | 82% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Grenada | 100% | 13 | 1:8,317 | 1,152 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 13 | 1:4,060,640 | 25,595 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 12 | 1:8,283 | 1,404 |
| Jamaica | - | 12 | 1:240,269 | 7,382 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 11 | 1:1,964,591 | 42,624 |
| Guyana | 100% | 11 | 1:69,387 | 5,899 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 11 | 1:7,729 | 208 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Georgia | - | 8 | 1:467,308 | 8,891 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 7 | 1:332 | 62 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 7 | 1:25,402 | 2,434 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Argentina | 100% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Haiti | - | 5 | 1:2,145,391 | 20,367 |
| Paraguay | 60% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Croatia | 100% | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Iraq | - | 4 | 1:8,754,465 | 16,071 |
| Marshall Islands | 67% | 4 | 1:12,808 | 1,787 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Ukraine | - | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Benin | - | 3 | 1:3,525,281 | 51,145 |
| Bolivia | - | 3 | 1:3,533,801 | 5,917 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 3 | 1:1,174,819 | 6,090 |
| Congo | 100% | 3 | 1:1,669,735 | 30,542 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Belarus | 100% | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 2 | 1:15,625 | 1,557 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 2 | 1:97,178,840 | 228,758 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | 100% | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Jill (4,732) may also be a surname.
Jill Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a pet-form of Gillian (q.v.), now often used as an independent name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The more usual form of Gill, the shortening of Gillian (q. v.).
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Old English name, meaning: Corruption of Julia, but in common usage coming to mean only a girl.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
User-submitted Reference
The name Jill means 'child of god'.
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