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Jill
fem. proper name, variant of
Gill
, familiar shortening of
Jillian
,
Gillian
, the common Middle English pronunciation of
Juliana
(see
Gillian
). As a familiar, almost generic, name for a girl, from mid-15c. (paired with
Jack
).