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For other uses, see [Jill (disambiguation)](/source/Jill_(disambiguation)).

**Jill** is an English feminine given name, often a short form of the name [Gillian](/source/Gillian) or [Jillian](/source/Jillian), which in turn originated as a [Middle English](/source/Middle_English) variant of [Juliana](/source/Juliana). Jill was such a common name that it had an [everygirl](/source/Everyman) quality, as in the 15th century English nursery rhyme [Jack and Jill](/source/Jack_and_Jill).[1] By the 17th century, the name had become a term for a "common street jade", implying promiscuous sexual behavior, and declined in usage in the [Anglosphere](/source/Anglosphere).[2] Usage of the name increased again in the 20th century. The name was most used in English-speaking countries from the 1930s to the 1970s. It is currently well-used in the Netherlands.[3]

## People with the given name

- [Jill Abramson](/source/Jill_Abramson) (born 1954), American author, journalist, and academic
- [Jill Andrew](/source/Jill_Andrew), Canadian politician
- [Jill Andrews](/source/Jill_Andrews) (born 1980), American singer-songwriter
- [Jill Astbury](/source/Jill_Astbury), Australian researcher into violence against women
- [Jill Balcon](/source/Jill_Balcon) (1925–2009), British actress
- [Jill Barber](/source/Jill_Barber) (born 1980), Canadian singer-songwriter
- [Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan](/source/Jill_S._Barnholtz-Sloan), American biostatistician and data scientist
- [Jill Becker](/source/Jill_Becker), American psychological researcher
- [Jill Bialosky](/source/Jill_Bialosky) (born 1957), American writer
- [Jill Biden](/source/Jill_Biden) (born 1951), American educator and the First Lady of the United States
- [Jill Bilcock](/source/Jill_Bilcock) (born 1948), Australian film editor
- [Jill Bonner](/source/Jill_Bonner) (1937–2021), British-American [condensed matter physicist](/source/Condensed_matter_physics)
- [Jill Brothers](/source/Jill_Brothers) (born 1983), Canadian curler
- [Jill E. Brown](/source/Jill_E._Brown) (born 1950), African American aviator
- [Jill Bryson](/source/Jill_Bryson) (born 1961), Scottish singer and member of Strawberry Switchblade
- [Jill Carroll](/source/Jill_Carroll) (born 1977), American journalist
- [Jill P. Carter](/source/Jill_P._Carter) (born 1964), American politician
- [Jill Clayburgh](/source/Jill_Clayburgh) (1944–2010), American actress
- [Jill Cooper (tennis)](/source/Jill_Cooper_(tennis)) (born 1949), British tennis player
- [Jill Corey](/source/Jill_Corey) (1935–2021), American [popular standards](/source/Traditional_pop) singer
- [Jill Costello](/source/Jill_Costello) (1987–2010), American athlete and lung cancer activist
- [Jill Craigie](/source/Jill_Craigie) (1911–1999), British film director and writer
- [Jill Craybas](/source/Jill_Craybas) (born 1974), American tennis player
- [Jill Dando](/source/Jill_Dando) (1961–1999), British television presenter
- [Jill Dickman](/source/Jill_Dickman), Republican member of the Nevada Assembly
- [Jill Dillard](/source/Jill_Dillard) (born 1991), American reality TV personality
- [Jill Ellis](/source/Jill_Ellis) (born 1966), American football manager
- [Jill Esmond](/source/Jill_Esmond) (1908–1990), English actress
- [Jill Evans](/source/Jill_Evans) (born 1959), Welsh politician
- [Jill Filipovic](/source/Jill_Filipovic) (born 1983), American author and attorney
- [Jill Fisch](/source/Jill_Fisch), American professor at the [University of Pennsylvania Law School](/source/University_of_Pennsylvania_Law_School)
- [Jill Frappier](/source/Jill_Frappier) (born 1944), British voice actress
- [Jill Freedman](/source/Jill_Freedman) (1939–2019), American photographer
- [Jill Furse](/source/Jill_Furse) (1915–1944), English actress
- [Jill Gascoine](/source/Jill_Gascoine) (1937−2020), English actress and novelist
- [Jill Gibbon](/source/Jill_Gibbon), British artist
- [Jill Gibson](/source/Jill_Gibson) (born 1942), American singer, songwriter, photographer, painter and sculptor
- [Jill Godmilow](/source/Jill_Godmilow) (1943–2025), American independent filmmaker
- [Jill Green (disambiguation)](/source/Jill_Green_(disambiguation))
- [Jill Goodacre](/source/Jill_Goodacre) (born 1964), American model and actress
- [Jill Greenberg](/source/Jill_Greenberg) (born 1967), Canadian-American photographer
- [Jill Halfpenny](/source/Jill_Halfpenny) (born 1975), English actress
- [Jill Hall (athlete)](/source/Jill_Hall_(athlete)) (born 1947), former athlete who competed for England in athletics events
- [Jill Haworth](/source/Jill_Haworth) (1945–2011), English-American actress
- [Jill Harris](/source/Jill_Harris), American voice actress
- [Jill Heinerth](/source/Jill_Heinerth) (born 1965), Canadian cave diver, underwater explorer, writer, photographer and film-maker
- [Jill Hennessy](/source/Jill_Hennessy) (born 1968), Canadian actress and musician
- [Jill Henselwood](/source/Jill_Henselwood) (born 1962), Canadian Equestrian Team member who competes in show jumping
- [Jill Holterman](/source/Jill_Holterman) (born 1991), Dutch long-distance runner
- [Jill Horstead](/source/Jill_Horstead) (born 1967), former competitive swimmer who represented Canada in international events during the 1980s
- [Jill Hunter](/source/Jill_Hunter) (born 1966), English former distance runner
- [Jill Hutchison](/source/Jill_Hutchison) (born 1945), American retired women's basketball coach
- [Jill Hyem](/source/Jill_Hyem) (1937–2015), British actor and screenwriter
- [Jill Idh](/source/Jill_Idh), Swedish kickboxer
- [Jill Ireland](/source/Jill_Ireland) (1936–1990), British actress
- [Jill Irving](/source/Jill_Irving) (born 1963), Canadian Equestrian Team athlete in dressage
- [Jill Janssens](/source/Jill_Janssens) (born 2003), Belgian footballer
- [Jill Janus](/source/Jill_Janus) (1975–2018), American singer
- [Jill Johnson](/source/Jill_Johnson) (born 1973), Swedish singer
- [Jill Jones (disambiguation)](/source/Jill_Jones_(disambiguation)), several people
- [Jill Karofsky](/source/Jill_Karofsky) (born 1966), American judge
- [Jill Kelley](/source/Jill_Kelley) (born 1975), Lebanese-American philanthropist, activist, and diplomatic advisor
- [Jill Kelley](/source/Jill_Kelly_(actress)) (born 1971), American pornographic actress, director and producer
- [Jill Kinmont Boothe](/source/Jill_Kinmont_Boothe) (1936–2012), American alpine ski racer and schoolteacher
- [Jill Knight](/source/Jill_Knight) (1923–2022), British politician
- [Jill Koford](/source/Jill_Koford), American politician
- [Jill Konrath](/source/Jill_Konrath), American business writer
- [Jill Koshiol](/source/Jill_Koshiol), American cancer epidemiologist
- [Jill Larson](/source/Jill_Larson) (born 1947), American actress
- [Jill Lepore](/source/Jill_Lepore) (born 1966), American historian
- [Jill MacLean](/source/Jill_MacLean) (born 1941), Canadian writer
- [Jill Malone](/source/Jill_Malone) ( 2009-2013), American novelist
- [Jill Martin](/source/Jill_Martin_(actress)) (1938–2016), English musical theatre actress
- [Jill McKnight](/source/Jill_McKnight), Canadian politician
- [Jill Mellick](/source/Jill_Mellick), Australian [Jungian](/source/Jungian)-oriented clinical psychologist
- [Jill Morris](/source/Jill_Morris) (born 1967), British diplomat
- [Jill Murphy](/source/Jill_Murphy) (1949–2021), English writer and illustrator
- [Jill Norman](/source/Jill_Norman), British editor and food writer
- [Jill Officer](/source/Jill_Officer) (born 1975), Canadian curler
- [Jill Ovens](/source/Jill_Ovens), Zealand trade unionist, politician, and activist
- [Jill Parrish](/source/Jill_Parrish) (born 1961), American lawyer and judge
- [Jill Pizzotti](/source/Jill_Pizzotti) (born 1966), American college basketball coach
- [Jill Roord](/source/Jill_Roord) (born 1997), Dutch professional footballer
- [Jill Saulnier](/source/Jill_Saulnier) (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
- [Jill Savery](/source/Jill_Savery) (born 1972), American competitor in synchronised swimming and Olympic champion
- [Jill Saward](/source/Jill_Saward) (1965–2017), English campaigner and author
- [Jill Scott](/source/Jill_Scott_(singer)) (born 1972), American singer
- [Jill Scott](/source/Jill_Scott_(footballer)) (born 1987), English footballer
- [Jill Sebastian](/source/Jill_Sebastian) (born 1950), American educational innovator and artist
- [Jill Siegfried](/source/Jill_Siegfried), American pharmacologist
- [Jill Slattery](/source/Jill_Slattery) (born 1945), British swimmer
- [Jill W. Smith](/source/Jill_W._Smith), American philanthropist
- [Jill Sobule](/source/Jill_Sobule) (1959–2025), American singer-songwriter
- Jill Stanley, Canadian actress who was a cast member on the Canadian sketch comedy TV series *[You Can't Do That on Television](/source/You_Can't_Do_That_on_Television#Cast)*
- [Jill Sterkel](/source/Jill_Sterkel) (born 1961), American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, former world record-holder, and water polo player
- [Jill St. John](/source/Jill_St._John) (born 1940), American actress
- [Jill Talley](/source/Jill_Talley) (born 1962), American voice actress
- [Jill Tarter](/source/Jill_Tarter) (born 1944), American astronomer
- [Jill Thompson](/source/Jill_Thompson) (born 1966), American illustrator and write
- [Jill Long Thompson](/source/Jill_Long_Thompson) (born 1952), American politician and academic
- [Jill Tokuda](/source/Jill_Tokuda) (born 1976), American politician
- [Jill Tracy](/source/Jill_Tracy), American musician
- [Jill Trenary](/source/Jill_Trenary) (born 1968), American former figure skater
- [Jill Vedder](/source/Jill_Vedder) (born 1977), American philanthropist, activist and former fashion model
- [Jill Vidal](/source/Jill_Vidal) (born 1982), Hong Kong singer
- [Jill Viles](/source/Jill_Viles) (bor 1974), American writer
- [Jill Wagner](/source/Jill_Wagner) (born 1979), American actress
- [Jill Paton Walsh](/source/Jill_Paton_Walsh) (1937–2020), English novelist and children's writer
- [Jill Watson](/source/Jill_Watson) (born 1963), American retired pair skater and coach
- [Jill Zarin](/source/Jill_Zarin), American television personality
- [Jill Zimmerman](/source/Jill_Zimmerman) (born 1959), computer scientist and professor at Goucher College

## Fictional characters

- Jill, a character in the nursery rhyme "[Jack and Jill](/source/Jack_and_Jill_(nursery_rhyme))"
- [Jill Foster Abbott](/source/Jill_Foster_Abbott), 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](/source/Inside_Out)*. She is not named in the film itself, but rather in supplementary material.
- [Jill Archer](/source/Jill_Archer), a character from the BBC Radio 4 soap opera, *[The Archers](/source/The_Archers)*
- Genocide Jill, a serial killer and the alternate personality of [Toko Fukawa](/source/Toko_Fukawa) from the *[Danganronpa](/source/Danganronpa)* series
- Jillian "Jill" Mastrano Dragomir, a character from Richelle Mead's [*Bloodlines* (book series)](/source/Bloodlines_(book_series))
- Jill Green, [Rachel Green](/source/Rachel_Green)'s sister in NBC sitcom *[Friends](/source/Friends)*, played by [Reese Witherspoon](/source/Reese_Witherspoon)
- [Jill Masterson](/source/Jill_Masterson), from [*Goldfinger*](/source/Goldfinger_(film))
- Jill Pembroke, a character in the American sitcom television series *[Charles in Charge](/source/Charles_in_Charge#Cast)*
- [Jill Pole](/source/Jill_Pole), a main character in C. S. Lewis' *The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair*
- [Jill Roberts](/source/Jill_Roberts_(Scream)), a main character in *[Scream 4](/source/Scream_4)*
- [Jill Taylor](/source/Jill_Taylor_(Home_Improvement)), the wife of Tim Taylor from the ABC sitcom [Home Improvement](/source/Home_Improvement_(TV_series))
- Jill Tyrell, the main character of the BBC sitcom *[Nighty Night](/source/Nighty_Night)*
- [Jill Valentine](/source/Jill_Valentine), a character from the *[Resident Evil](/source/Resident_Evil)* video games series
- Dra. Jill Victorino, a character from the Filipino drama series *[The Broken Marriage Vow](/source/The_Broken_Marriage_Vow)*
- [Jill Warrick](/source/Characters_of_Final_Fantasy_XVI), the lead female character from [Final Fantasy XVI](/source/Final_Fantasy_XVI)
- [Jill](/source/Characters_in_the_Deverry_cycle#Jill), a character in Katharine Kerr's *Deverry Cycle* book series
- Jill (Julliane Stingray), the main character of [VA-11 Hall-A](/source/VA-11_Hall-A), a visual novel.

## Jill as middle name

- [Amy-Jill Levine](/source/Amy-Jill_Levine) (born 1956), feminist theology professor
- [J. Jill Suitor](/source/J._Jill_Suitor), sociology professor
- [Suzanne Jill Levine](/source/Suzanne_Jill_Levine) (born 1946), American poet and translator
- [Lara Jill Miller](/source/Lara_Jill_Miller) (born 1967), American actress

## References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). *Oxford Dictionary of First Names*. Oxford University Press. p. 143. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.

1. ["Full text of "Curiosities of Puritan nomenclature""](https://archive.org/stream/curiositiesofpur00byubard/curiositiesofpur00byubard_djvu.txt). *archive.org*. 1880. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

1. Campbell, Mike. ["Jill"](https://www.behindthename.com/name/jill). *behindthename.com*. Behind the Name. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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