Entry № 4930 · English origin

Jillian Jillian — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ JIL-ee-an /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Youthful (Jillian Michaels, The Biggest Loser; Jillian Bell)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (English)

A name that means "youthful (jillian michaels, the biggest loser; jillian bell)".

Jillian is the English form of Gillian — itself derived from Julian / the Latin Iulianus ("youthful, descended from Jupiter"). Jillian Barberie — American TV personality. Jillian Hervey — half of duo Lion Babe. Saint Julian of Norwich is the historical form.

Youthful (Jillian Michaels, The Biggest Loser; Jillian Bell) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Jillian
Transliteration
Jillian
Pronunciation
/ ˈdʒɪl.i.ən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Jillian stands.

Jillian does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Jillians before her.

Real people
Jillian Michaels
American TV fitness trainer.
born 1974
Jillian Bell
American actress and comedian.
born 1984
In fiction
Jillian Holtzmann
Ghostbusters (2016).
2016

Names connected to Jillian.

The number behind Jillian.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Jillian reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.