Jill
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Jill (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jill has been falling 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 12 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 23 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,567 |
| 2000 | 1,570 |
| 2001 | 1,575 |
| 2002 | 1,590 |
| 2003 | 1,594 |
| 2004 | 1,601 |
| 2005 | 1,606 |
| 2006 | 1,613 |
| 2007 | 1,615 |
| 2008 | 1,617 |
| 2009 | 1,629 |
| 2010 | 1,650 |
| 2011 | 1,654 |
| 2012 | 1,657 |
| 2013 | 1,671 |
| 2014 | 1,680 |
| 2015 | 1,688 |
| 2016 | 1,698 |
| 2017 | 1,721 |
| 2018 | 1,731 |
| 2019 | 1,741 |
| 2020 | 1,754 |
Jill in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jill.Hi! My name is Jill.
- Jill har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jill has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jills mamma är lärare.Jill's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jills mamma is Jill's mum.
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Questions about Jill
How do you pronounce Jill in Swedish?
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What does the name Jill mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
How popular is Jill in Sweden?
10 babies were named Jill in 2022. In 2020, 1,754 people in Sweden had Jill as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling 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.