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Jill.

A female given name from Latin.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/d͡ʒɪl/
  1. A female given name from Latin.

  2. A female given name from Latin. Clipping of Jillian.

    abbreviation · alt-of · clipping
  3. A generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.

Where this word comes from

A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.

noun/d͡ʒɪl/
  1. A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flurt-gills (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').

  2. A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.

Where this word comes from

A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.

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