First names in Hebrew

First name Jill: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

ג׳יל

Gematria value: 43

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Jill is written ג׳יל

Meaning and origin

What does Jill mean?

Meaning: short form of Gillian, a form of Juliana (disputed)
Origin: Latin

Jill is an English short form of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana. It goes back to the Latin Julius, the name of a Roman family whose meaning is disputed. Short and lively, Jill has been a name of its own for centuries (“Jack and Jill went up the hill”), and was very popular in America in the 1960s.

Gematria

Jill = 43

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. ג׳יל has 3 letters:

• גthe letter Gimel3
• יthe letter Yod10
• לthe letter Lamed30
• Total43

The verse of the name

From the letter Gimel to the letter Lamed

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Jill, from ג to ל:

גּוֹעֵר בַּיָּם וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ וְכׇל־הַנְּהָרוֹת הֶחֱרִיב אֻמְלַל בָּשָׁן וְכַרְמֶל וּפֶרַח לְבָנוֹן אֻמְלָל׃

“He rebukes the sea and dries it up, He makes all the rivers run dry; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossom of Lebanon fades.”

Nahum 1:4

The book of your first name

Jill, in nine pages

• Jill, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Jill
• Jill, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Jill in three answers

How do you write Jill in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Jill is written ג׳יל.

What is the gematria value of Jill?
Written ג׳יל, Jill is worth 43: the letter Gimel (3) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Lamed (30).

What does Jill mean?
Short form of Gillian, a form of Juliana (disputed) (origin: Latin). Jill is an English short form of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana. It goes back to the Latin Julius, the name of a Roman family whose meaning is disputed. Short and lively, Jill has been a name of its own for centuries (“Jack and Jill went up the hill”), and was very popular in America in the 1960s.