Gil

Boy · Greek, through Latin

Gil

Say it: HEEL

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Meaning

From Latin Aegidius, from Greek aigidion 'young goat'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1950s

In the United States

4,851 babies given this name since 1914
At its height in 1957, about 1 in 17,400 boys
23 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Spanish Portuguese

The family of the name

Portuguese	Gil
French	Gilles
Latin	Aegidius

Famous bearers

Gil Vicente, Portuguese playwright
Gil Eanes, Portuguese navigator

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Where this comes from

Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
Calendars of saints and name days
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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