Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name
Jillian
Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
* Jillian Armenante (bo ...
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Gillian Gillian may refer to:
Places
* Gillian Settlement, Arkansas, an unincorporated community
People
Gillian (variant Jillian) is an English feminine given name, frequently shortened to Gill.
It originates as a feminine form of the name Julian, Juli ...
), which in turn originates as a
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English p ...
variant of
Juliana
Juliana (variants Julianna, Giuliana, Iuliana, Yuliana, etc) is a feminine given name which is the feminine version of the Roman name Julianus.
Juliana or Giuliana was the name of a number of early saints, notably Saint Julian the Hospitaller, wh ...
, the feminine form of the name
Julian.
People with the given name
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Jill Astbury
Jill Astbury is an Australian researcher in the field of women's mental health.
Biography
Astbury was deputy director of the Key Centre for Women's Health in Society, a World Health Organisation centre. She left this position to join Victoria ...
, Australian researcher into violence against women
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Jill Balcon
Jill Angela Henriette Balcon (3 January 192518 July 2009) was a British actress. She was known for her work in film, television, radio and on stage. She made her film debut in ''The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film), Nicholas ...
(1925–2009), British actress
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Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan
Jill Suzanne Barnholtz-Sloan is an American biostatistician and data scientist specialized in cancer epidemiology and etiologic investigations of Brain tumor, brain tumors. She is a senior investigator and associate director for informatics and d ...
, American biostatistician and data scientist
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Jill Becker
Jill B. Becker is an American psychological researcher, studying sex differences in addiction using preclinical models. Becker is the Biopsychology Area Chair and the Patricia Y. Gurin Professor of Psychology at University of Michigan..She has adv ...
, American psychological researcher
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Jill Biden
Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021, as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her hus ...
(born 1951), American educator and the First Lady of the United States
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Jill E. Brown
Jill E. Brown (born 1950) is a retired American pilot, who is the first African-American woman to become a pilot for a major American passenger airline.
Early life and education
Jill Elaine Brown was born to Gilbert and Elaine Brown in 1950 in Ba ...
(born 1950), African American aviator
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Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll (born October 6, 1977) is an American former journalist who worked for news organizations such as ''The Wall Street Journal'', MSNBC, and the ''Christian Science Monitor''. On January 7, 2006 while working for the ''Monitor'', she wa ...
(born 1977), American journalist
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Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Act ...
(1944–2010), American actress
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Jill Costello
Jillian Helene Weinkauf Costello (December 1, 1987 – June 24, 2010), better known simply as Jill Costello, was an American athlete and activist for lung cancer awareness and research. She is best known for leading the California Golden Bears cre ...
(1987–2010), American athlete and lung cancer activist
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Jill Craigie
Jill Craigie (born Noreen Jean Craigie; 7 March 1911 – 13 December 1999) was a British documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and feminist. She was one of Britain's earliest female documentary makers. Her early films demonstrate Craigie's interest ...
(1911–1999), British film director and writer
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Jill Craybas
Jill N. Craybas (born July 4, 1974) is an American former professional tennis player.
From the 2000 US Open to the 2011 US Open, Craybas competed in 45 consecutive Grand Slam main draws; her best result coming in the 2005 Wimbledon Championship ...
(born 1974), American tennis player
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Jill Dando
Jill Wendy Dando (9 November 1961 – 26 April 1999) was an English journalist, television presenter and newsreader. She spent most of her career at the BBC and was the corporation's Personality of the Year in 1997. At the time of her death, her ...
(1961–1999), British television presenter
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Jill Dickman
Jill Dickman is an American businesswoman and politician. She serves as a Republican member of the Nevada Assembly and represented Assembly District 31.
Early life
Jill Dickman was born in Hancock, Michigan. Jill's grandparents emigrated from Rus ...
, Republican member of the Nevada Assembly
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Jill Duggar
Jill Michelle Dillard (née Duggar; born May 17, 1991) is an American television personality. She is known for her appearances on TLC as part of the reality television shows ''19 Kids and Counting'' (2008-2015) and '' Counting On'' (2015-2017). ...
(born 1991), reality TV personality
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Jill Fisch
Jill E. Fisch is the Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and Co-Director of the Institute for Law & Economics in the Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School ...
, American professor at the
University of Pennsylvania Law School
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School (also known as Penn Law or Penn Carey Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is among the most selective and olde ...
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Jill Frappier
Jill Frappier (born October 7, 1944) is a British-Canadian voice actress.
Frappier was born in Lord Louis Mountbatten's stately home, Broadlands, in Romsey, England. She moved to Canada in 1967 to work as a British hostess at the British pavil ...
(born 1944), British voice actress
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Jill Gascoine
Jill Viola Gascoine (11 April 1937 – 28 April 2020) was an English actress and novelist. She portrayed Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the 1980s television series ''The Gentle Touch'' and its spin-off series ''C.A.T.S. Eyes''. In the 19 ...
(1937−2020), English actress and novelist
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Jill Gibbon
Jill Gibbon is a British artist, best known for sketching people in the arms trade while working undercover at arms fairs. She is a senior lecturer in graphic arts at Leeds Beckett University.
Gibbon earned a bachelor's degree from Leeds Polytech ...
, British artist
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Jill Green
Jill Green is an American dance educator and scholar who originated the Social Somatic Theory. Green served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and was co-editor of ''Dance Research''.
Biography
Green received a Ma ...
, American dance educator and scholar
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Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre Connick (born March 29, 1964) is an American actress and former model. She was one of Victoria's Secret's main models in the 1980s and early 1990s. She is married to singer Harry Connick Jr.
Career Victoria's Secret
Goodacre was a ...
(born 1964), American model and actress
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Jill Harris
Jill Harris is an American voice actress. She has been voice acting professionally since 2015 and received her first lead role with Naho Takamiya in ''Orange''. Some of her other lead roles include Aura Bella Flora in ''Overlord'', Fuuka Akitsuk ...
, American voice actress
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Jill Hennessy
Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is most known for her roles on the American television series ''Law & Order'', on which she played prosecutor Claire Kincaid for three seasons, and ''Crossing ...
(born 1968), Canadian actress and musician
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Jill Ireland
Jill Dorothy Ireland (24 April 1936 – 18 May 1990) was an English actress and singer. She appeared in 16 films with her second husband, Charles Bronson, and was additionally involved in two other of Bronson's films as a producer.
Life and ca ...
(1936–1990), British actress
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Jill Johnson
Jill Anna Maria Johnson (born 24 May 1973) is a Swedish country and pop singer, songwriter and TV-host. She performed in the Melodifestivalen 1998 contest, winning with the song "Kärleken är" ("Love Is"), and represented Sweden at the Eurovis ...
(born 1973), Swedish singer
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Jill Knight
Joan Christabel Jill Knight, Baroness Knight of Collingtree, (; 9 July 1923 – 6 April 2022) was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, she served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Edgbaston from 1966 to 1997. S ...
(1923–2022), British politician
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Jill Koshiol
Jill E. Koshiol is an American cancer epidemiologist who researches the risk factors of hepatobiliary cancers. She is a senior investigator in the infections and immunoepidemiology branch at the National Cancer Institute.
Life
Koshiol receive ...
, American cancer epidemiologist
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Jill Martin
Jill Martin (25 April 1938 – 24 December 2016) was an English actress and singer who made her career in West End theatre from the 1950 to the 2000s. Born in Redruth, Cornwall, she was educated at The Lawn School at St Austell and a song teach ...
(1938–2016), English musical theatre actress
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Jill Mellick
Jill Mellick is a Jungian-oriented clinical psychologist, expressive arts therapist, researcher and author; and a founding member of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association ( IEATA).
In 2019, the OPUS Archives, at Pacifica Gradua ...
, Jungian-oriented clinical psychologist
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Jill Morris
Jill Morris (born 14 August 1967) is a British diplomat who was the British Ambassador to Italy and non-resident British Ambassador to San Marino, succeeding Christopher Prentice. She is the first female to have held this post.
Early life
M ...
(born 1967), British diplomat
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Jill Murphy
Jill Murphy (5 July 1949 – 18 August 2021) was a British author and illustrator of children's books. First published in 1974 at the age of 24, she was best known for the ''Worst Witch'' novels and ''Large Family'' picture books, with sales amo ...
(1949–2021), English writer and illustrator
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Jill P. Carter
Jill Priscilla Carter (born June 18, 1964) is an American attorney and politician who represents Maryland's 41st legislative district of Baltimore City in the Maryland State Senate. She previously represented the same district in the Maryland H ...
(born 1964), American politician
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Jill Scott (born 1972), American soul singer
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Jill St. John
Jill St. John (born Jill Arlyn Oppenheim; August 19, 1940) is a retired American actress. She may be best known for playing Tiffany Case, the first American Bond girl of the 007 franchise, in '' Diamonds Are Forever''. Additional performances i ...
(born 1940), American actress
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Jill Talley
Jill Talley (born December 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. She is a main cast member on the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', in which she voices Karen Plankton. Her other voice roles include Sarah Dubois on Adult Swim's ...
(born 1962), American voice actress
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Jill Vidal
Jill Vidal () often referred to as Wei Si or simply as Jill, is a Hong Kong-based female urban pop singer. Vidal is of Korean and Filipino ethnicity with British nationality
British nationality law prescribes the conditions under which a ...
, Hong Kong singer
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Jill Wagner
Jill Suzanne Wagner (born ) is an American actress and television personality. She was the on-field host for the ABC game show '' Wipeout'' from 2008 to 2014. Since then, Wagner has starred in several made-for-television films for the Hallmark ...
(born 1979), American actress
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Jill Paton Walsh
Gillian Honorine Mary Herbert, Baroness Hemingford, (née Bliss; 29 April 1937 – 18 October 2020), known professionally as Jill Paton Walsh, was an English novelist and children's writer. She may be known best for her Booker Prize-nominated n ...
(1937–2020), English novelist and children's writer
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Jill Zarin
''The Real Housewives of New York City'' (abbreviated ''RHONY'') is an American reality television series that premiered on Bravo on March 4, 2008. Developed as the second installment of ''The Real Housewives'' franchise, it has aired thirteen ...
, American television personality
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Jill Zimmerman
Jill Loraine Zimmerman (born 23 March 1959) is an American computer scientist and the James M. Beall Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Goucher College. Since 2006, she has been the head of the Goucher Robotics Lab.
Early life an ...
(born 1959), computer scientist and professor at Goucher College
Fictional characters
* Jill, a character in the nursery rhyme "
Jack and Jill
"Jack and Jill" (sometimes "Jack and Gill", particularly in earlier versions) is a traditional English nursery rhyme. The Roud Folk Song Index classifies the commonest tune and its variations as number 10266, although it has been set to severa ...
"
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Jill Foster Abbott
Jill Abbott is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. The longest-running and only remaining original character, Jill was created and introduced by William J. Bell. Originally portrayed by Brenda D ...
, a character on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''
* Jill Andersen, Riley's mother during the events of Disney Pixar's ''
Inside Out
Inside Out may refer to:
*Backwards (disambiguation) or inverse
Books
* '' Inside Out: A Personal History of Pink Floyd'', by Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason
* ''Inside Out'', Christian book by Larry Crabb
* ''Inside Out'', novel by Barry Eisler
...
''. Of note is that she is not named in the film itself, but rather in supplementary material.
* Genocide Jill, a serial killer and the alternate personality of
Toko Fukawa
is a fictional Character (arts), character introduced in the 2010 visual novel ''Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc'' by Spike Chunsoft. A world-successful Romance novel, romance novelist, Toko is chosen to enroll into Hope's Peak Academy as the "U ...
from the ''
Danganronpa
is a Japanese video game franchise created by Kazutaka Kodaka and developed and owned by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike). The series primarily surrounds various groups of apparent high school students who are forced into murdering each other ...
'' series
* Jillian "Jill" Mastrano Dragomir, a character from Richelle Mead's
''Bloodlines'' (book series)
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Jill Masterson
''Goldfinger'' is a 1964 spy film and the third instalment in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent James Bond filmograph ...
, from
Goldfinger
* Jill Pembroke, a character in the American sitcom television series ''
Charles in Charge
''Charles in Charge'' is an American sitcom television series that premiered on October 3, 1984, on CBS. The series was a production of Al Burton Productions and Scholastic Productions in association with Universal Television and starred Scott B ...
''
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Jill Pole
Jill Pole is a major character from C. S. Lewis' ''Chronicles of Narnia'' series. She appears in ''The Silver Chair'' and ''The Last Battle.''
Appearances in the Narnia Book Series
''The Silver Chair''
Jill Pole first appears in ''The Silver C ...
, a main character in C.S. Lewis' ''The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair''
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Jill Valentine
Jill Valentine is a character (arts), character in ''Resident Evil'' (''Biohazard'' in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by Japanese company Capcom. She was introduced as one of two player characters in the original ''Residen ...
, a character from the ''Resident Evil'' video games series
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Jill
Jill is an English feminine given name, a short form of the name Jillian (Gillian), which in turn originates as a Middle English variant of Juliana, the feminine form of the name Julian.
People with the given name
*Jill Astbury, Australian res ...
, a character in Katharine Kerr's ''Deverry Cycle'' book series
Jill as middle name
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Amy-Jill Levine
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(born 1956), feminist theology professor
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J. Jill Suitor
Jaclynn Jill Suitor (born 1954) is an American Distinguished Professor of Sociology and a member of the Center on Aging and the Life Course at Purdue University. Her research focuses primarily on the relationship between parents and adult chil ...
, sociology professor
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Suzanne Jill Levine
Suzanne Jill Levine is an American writer, poet, literary translator and scholar.
Levine was born in New York City where she studied piano at Juilliard and went to Music & Art High School.
She earned a BA at Vassar College in 1967, an MA at C ...
(born 1946), American poet and translator
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