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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Other uses of Шаблон:Commons category Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources.

Europe

In Europe, various cultures use the name, examples being:

  • the Dutch form of the given name Giles

Indian subcontinent

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  • in Punjab, a clan of Jats and Ramgharias (Шаблон:Lang or Шаблон:Lang), it may be derived from the Punjabi word 'gil' meaning "moisture".[1][2][3][4][5] According to oral history, the progenitor of the clan was a man named Gill.[6] Shergill, Virk, and Sidhu are descendant clans of the Gill Jat clan.[6][7] The name is also used by the Chuhra (Balmiki and Bhangi) caste, including the Mirasis.[8] According to bhāt (bardic) records, the Gill Jat clan claims origin to an abandoned child found by a raja in a moist, jungle area of the wilds whom was being attended by a lion.[9] This tale is recounted in colonial-era literature.[9] Connections to historic and contemporary Iranic peoples, such as the ancient Gelae tribe of the Scythians and the present-day Gilaki people, and locations such as Gilan, have been suggested.[9] There were half a million Gill Jats recorded in the 1881 British India census.[9] The Gill Jats had a marriage custom which involved digging a hole in a muddy spring.[9]

West Asia

In Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning "joy, gladness" (Шаблон:Lang, feminine form Шаблон:Lang, Шаблон:Lang).

East Asia

In Korean, a common personal name often transliterated as Gil.[10]

People with the surname Gill

See also

References

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