Gillig
surname · Latin script
Meaning: l.from the personal name Gilius, a German form of Giles
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024
/ɣiʎiɡ/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated
Gillig is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- ATAustria
- ARArgentina
- FRFrance
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)l.from the personal name Gilius, a German form of Giles. 2. from a Germanic personal name, see Gille 2.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Gillig is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Meist Kurzform zu Aegidius; teils mit Rufnamen-Kurzformen zu ahd. geltan 'opfern; vergelten' verknüpft; Gutturalvariation des Typs Willich; 424 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Harry Gilligb. 1859USAmerican yachtsman and singer
- Charles Gilligb. 1906FRsinger, singing teacher
- Marie-Hélène Gilligb. 1946FRFrench politician
- Echo Valleyb. 1954USnot in their usual nameAmerican adult entertainer and pornographic actress (1954–2011)
- Ondřej Gilligb. 1976CZCzech guitarist
- Rachel Gilligb. 1989USAmerican writer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)12 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 613 | #38,825 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 542 | #38,395 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 461 | #46,219 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 276 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 74 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 72 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 58 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 58 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 56 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 45 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Gillig come from?
- l.from the personal name Gilius, a German form of Giles. 2. from a Germanic personal name, see Gille 2. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- How do you pronounce Gillig?
- In Spanish /ɣiʎiɡ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- What does the name Gillig mean?
- Recorded meaning: l.from the personal name Gilius, a German form of Giles.
- In which country does Gillig have the most bearers?
- Gillig is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gillig”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.