Gillis
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Giles.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gillis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Gillis has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 9 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 17 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 46 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 28 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 29 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 539 |
| 2000 | 526 |
| 2001 | 513 |
| 2002 | 501 |
| 2003 | 494 |
| 2004 | 493 |
| 2005 | 477 |
| 2006 | 460 |
| 2007 | 452 |
| 2008 | 447 |
| 2009 | 442 |
| 2010 | 425 |
| 2011 | 423 |
| 2012 | 430 |
| 2013 | 420 |
| 2014 | 424 |
| 2015 | 426 |
| 2016 | 438 |
| 2017 | 471 |
| 2018 | 504 |
| 2019 | 523 |
| 2020 | 525 |
Gillis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gillis.Hi! My name is Gillis.
- Gillis bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Gillis lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Gillis kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Gillis is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Gillis mamma är lärare.Gillis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gillis mamma is Gillis's mum. Because Gillis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Gillis
How do you pronounce Gillis in Swedish?
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What does the name Gillis mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to English Giles.
How popular is Gillis in Sweden?
28 babies were named Gillis in 2022. In 2020, 525 people in Sweden had Gillis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2017 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.