Jillian
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Jillian is both a feminine given name and a surname. A spelling variant of Gillian, it originates as a feminine form of the given name Julian, Julio, Julius, and Julien.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
[edit]- Jillian Armenante (born 1968), American television and film actress
- Jillian Rose Banks (born 1988), American musical artist
- Jillian Becker (born 1932), South African novelist
- Jillian Bell (born 1984), American comedian, actress, and screenwriter
- Jillian Camarena-Williams (born 1982), American shot putter
- Jillian D'Alessio (born 1985), Canadian kayaker
- Jillian Mai Thi Epperly (born c. 1973/4), creator of Jilly Juice
- Jillian Evans (born 1959), Welsh politician
- Jillian Grace (born 1985), American model
- Jillian Hall (born 1980), American professional wrestler
- Jillian Hunter, American author
- Jillian Keiley, Canadian director
- Jillian Kesner-Graver (1950–2007), American actress and historian
- Jillian Kraus (born 1986), American water polo player
- Jillian McDonald, Canadian artist
- Jillian Medoff (born 1963), American writer
- Jillian Michaels (born 1974), American exercise instructor
- Jillian Murray (born 1989), American actress and model
- Jillian Parry Fry (born 1982), Miss Teen USA 2000
- Jillian Patricia Pirtle (born 1983), American soprano, nonprofit executive, and beauty pageant winner
- Jillian Reynolds (born 1966), Canadian actress
- Jillian Richardson (born 1965), Canadian athlete
- Jillian Skinner (born 1944), Australian politician
- Jillian Smith (born 1958), New Zealand field hockey player
- Jillian Speer (born 1979), American acoustic guitarist
- Jillian Ward (born 2005), Filipina actress, model and singer
- Jillian Wheeler (born 1991), American singer-songwriter and actress
- Jillian Whiting, Australian journalist
- Jillian Williams (volleyball) (born 1997), American sitting volleyball player
Surname
[edit]- Ann Jillian (born 1950), American actress
See also
[edit]- Jillian's, a restaurant and arcade chain
- Jillian (I'd Give My Heart), a song and single by Within Temptation
- Gillian