Given name & surname
Gillie
“of the bright pledge; a hostage”·“a servant”
Gillie is a variant of Gilberta. In German use, Gilberta carries the interpretation “of the bright pledge; a hostage.” Gillie is a variant of Gill. One interpretation is “a servant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gillie is a variant of Gilberta. In German use, Gilberta carries the interpretation “of the bright pledge; a hostage.” Gillie is a variant of Gill. One interpretation is “a servant.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gillie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 512
- 191 boys · 321 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 213 as a first name in 2020; 1,149 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.
Gillie’s family of names
Gillie has a related form in Gill. Gillie has a related form in Gilberta.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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