Jil
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈdʒɪɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jil is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 342K(measured from records)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 84K
- NLNetherlands1 in 142K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 234 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 84K (inferred from the name graph)
974 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jil counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 974 | 1 in 342K | 892 | Jil | 234 |
| PH Philippines | ≈480 est. | ≈1 in 226K | — | Jil | 32 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 801K | — | Jil | 20 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈190 est. | ≈1 in 338K | — | Jil | 66 |
| CA Canada | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 220K | — | Jil | 37 |
| BE Belgium | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 6 | Jil | 19 |
| NL Netherlands | 122 | 1 in 142K | 115 | Jil | 18 |
| AT Austria | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 143K | 28 | — | — |
| SG Singapore | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 170K | — | Jil | 15 |
974 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jil is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
ISO 639-3 language code for Jilim.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In rmq, cool (temperature)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Afrikaans, to jeer, to cheer
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jil Sanderb. 1943DEGerman fashion designer (born 1943)
- Jil Silbersteinb. 1948CHSwiss journalist and poet
- Jil Karolyb. 1958DEGerman writer
- Jil Funkeb. 1988DEGerman actress
- Jil Teichmannb. 1997CHSwiss female tennis player
- Jil Bosqueeb. 1997LULuxembourgian female volleyball player
- Jil Y. Creekb. 2000ATAustrian musician
- Jil Kalmesb. 2000LULuxembourgian female association football player
- Jil Bakerb. 2009CHSwiss ice hockey player
- Jil Milanactor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 35 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 892 | #12,697 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 115 | #5,100 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 93 | #8,386 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 82 | #12,697 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 36 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 32 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1959 | 31 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2015 | 28 | #1,852 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 27 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1955 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1962 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 25 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Jil a male or female name?
- Jil is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Jil?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈdʒɪɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Jil have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 974 people named Jil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jil.
- How common is the name Jil?
- In the United States, the national register counted 974 people named Jil in 2020, about 1 in 342 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Jil?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jilThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jil”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.