Given name & surname
Gillard
“resembling a young goal”
In English use, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a young goal.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a young goal.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles. Giles has been associated with Late Latin and Greek naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles. The history of Giles gives this family its wider story. Giles was in use during the Middle Ages.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Gillard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1922. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,825 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gillard’s family of names
In English usage, Gillard is a diminutive of Giles. In French usage, Gillard as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Walloon form Djîlåd. In English usage, Gillard has a conventional equivalent in the Bulgarian form Ги́лард.
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Around the world
Gillard has relatives in 14 languages.
14 related names in 14 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Djîlådcognate · Walloon
- Гі́ллардUkrainian
- ГилардSerbo-Croatian, Macedonian
- Ги́ллардRussian
- گیلاردPersian
- 길라드Korean
- ギラードJapanese
- गिलार्डHindi
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