Gillian


[jil-ee-uh n, -yuh n] /ˈdʒɪl i ən, -yən/

noun
1.
a female given name, form of .

fem. proper name, from French Juliane, from Latin Juliana (a saint’s name), fem. of Julianus, literally “of Julius.”

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