Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Jill
/JIL/
Meaning
“Youthful, downy”
Medieval English short form of Juliana or Gillian, ultimately from Latin Julius; became a standalone given name in England and the US.
Nicknames
jilly
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1960s-70s - crisp and short, but will take decades more before it revives.
The cultural moment.
Very common in the US and UK from the 1950s-1970s; rare for newborns today.