Giĺl
surname · Latin script
Giĺl is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning.
- PKPakistan≈1 in 1.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 1.8K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 531 (measured from records)
- 1 in 792 (inferred from the name graph)
≈210,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
St. Vincent & Grenadines
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Gill in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Middle Englishgille“gill”(measured from records)
- Proto-Germanic*gelunō“jaw”(measured from records)
From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”). Displaced native Old English ċīe.
Sources 6
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Giĺl counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PK Pakistan | #519 | ≈210,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Gill | 112 |
| US United States | #380 | 74,948 | 1 in 4.4K | 76K | Gill | 531 |
| GB United Kingdom | #153 | ≈34,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.9K | 4 | Gill | 314 |
| CA Canada | #126 | ≈21,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Gill | 297 |
| AU Australia | #181 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Gill | 246 |
| GY Guyana | — | 565 | 1 in 1.3K | 565 | — | 11 |
| VC St. Vincent & Grenadines | — | 128 | 1 in 792 | 128 | — | 5 |
| GD Grenada | — | 81 | 1 in 1.4K | 81 | — | 6 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Electoral Office of St Vincent & the Grenadines — Final Voters List (Nov 2025); Grenada — Consolidated List of Electors December 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Giĺl mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning… Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 4 other sources.
- In which country does Giĺl have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 207 thousand people named Giĺl in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gill.
- Where is Giĺl most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Giĺl is densest in St. Vincent & Grenadines — about 1 in 792 people — even though Pakistan holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Giĺl?
- In the United States, the national register counted 74,948 people named Giĺl in 2010, about 1 in 4.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Giĺl compared with other names?
- In Pakistan, Giĺl is the 519th most common surname of 51,489 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Giĺl” — the 519th most common surname in Pakistan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.