Gil - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Gil \gil\ is a variant of Gilbert (Old French), Giles (Greek) and Gilon (Hebrew), and the meaning of Gil is "bright promise; small goat; joy".

The baby name Gil sounds like Gal, Gail, Gill and Gili. Other similar baby names are Gib and Wil.

Gil is a somewhat common first name for men (#883 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#2114 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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