Given name & surname
Gilli
“a servant”
Gilli is a variant of Gill. One interpretation is “a servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gilli is a variant of Gill. One interpretation is “a servant.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Middle Irish Gille Chriosd (“servant of Christ”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gilli
- Kim Gil-liSouth Korean short trackerborn 2004
- Gilli RólantssonFaroese association football playerborn 1992
- GilliFaroese politician1000–1100
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gilli, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Gillooly
“son of the gluttonous lad”
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Gillogly
“son of the gallowglass”
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Gilhooly
“son of the gluttonous lad”
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Ginty
Ginty is a surname from Irish.
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Galbally
“foreigner, stranger”
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Gallegly
“son of the gallowglass”
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Gallogly
“son of the gallowglass”
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Crilly
“son of Raghailleach”
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