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What does Gillis mean?
Gillis 
as a boys' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of the name Gillis is "young goat; bishop's servant; servant of Jesus". Gillis is a Scandinavian, Dutch form of Giles (Greek). Gillis is also a form of Gillespie (Scottish, Gaelic): anglicized variant spelling of Gille Easbaig. Gillis is also used as a variant of Gillies (Scottish, Gaelic).
STARTS WITH Gi-
ASSOCIATED WITH scandinavian, greek, servant
Variations
VARIANT Gilliss
RELATED FORMS VIA GILES, GILLESPIE, GILLIES Ghilles, Ghillies, Gil, Gilles, Gyles, Jiles
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
(female)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Gillis Jamari (G.J.), ..
How popular is Gillis?
Gillis is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a very prominent last name for all people (#1786 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Gillis entered the list in 1900-1909 and reached its apex rank of #1939 in the U.S. then, but is not found in the list currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Gillis listed in the Top 2000 are Gil, Giles and Jiles. These relations of Gillis were favored as baby names a century ago (USAGE OF 0.01%), but now, the version Giles has become somewhat dated.
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Billie▼, Callis, Collis, Dallis, Ellis▲, Fillip, Ghillie, Gili, Gill, Gillan, Gillbie (see Gilby), Gillby, Gillen, Gilley, Gillian, Gillion, Gillon, Giulio, Hillie, Hollis▼, Mills, Sills, Tallis, Tullis, Wallis, Willes, Willi, Willie▼, Willis▼, Williss and Wills. These names tend to be more commonly used than Gillis.
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