Gill ( name ) - wikipedia Gill ( name ) For other uses of `` Gill '', see Gill ( disambiguation ). To find a person with given name Gill, see Special : Allpages / Gill Gill may be a surname or given name, derived from a number of unrelated sources ; in English, Gill may be a hypocorism of a number of given names, including Giles, Julian, William ( Guillaume ), Gillian, etc. the Dutch form of the given namen Giles in Northern English, Scots and Norwegian, it may be a topographic name, ultimately derived from Old Norse gil `` ravine '' ; c.f. Lord Gill as a surname, an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill ( or Mac Gille, Mac An Ghoill and variants ) in Hebrew, a masculine given name or byname meaning `` joy, gladness '' ( feminine form Gilla ) in Punjabi, a common last name in Punjab. People with the surname Gill A.A. Gill ( 1954 -- 2016 ), British newspaper columnist and writer Adrian Gill ( 1937 -- 1986 ), Australian meteorologist and oceanographer Alan Gill, English vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Albert Gill ( 1879 -- 1916 ), English Victoria Cross recipient André Gill ( 1840 -- 1885 ), French caricaturist Andrew Gill ( coach ) ( c. 1887 -- 1947 ), American college sports coach Andy Gill ( born 1956 ), English musician ( Gang of Four ) Anthony Gill, multiple people Anton Gill ( born 1948 ), English historian and novelist Arie Gill - Glick ( 1930 - 2016 ), Israeli Olympic runner Aurélien Gill ( born 1933 ), Canadian senator Basil Gill ( 1877 -- 1955 ), English stage and film actor Bob Gill, multiple people including : Bob Gill ( artist ) ( born 1931 ), American illustrator Bob Gill ( daredevil ), American motorcycle stuntman Brendan Gill ( 1914 -- 1997 ), American journalist Brian Gill, Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland Bryan Nash Gill ( 1961 -- 2013 ), American artist Gill ( Buckinghamshire cricketer ) Charles Gill, multiple people including : Charles - Ignace Gill ( 1844 -- 1901 ), Canadian Member of Parliament Charles Ignace Adélard Gill ( 1871 -- 1918 ), Canadian painter and poet Christopher Gill ( born 1936 ), U.K. politician Colin Gill ( 1892 - 1940 ), British artist Conor Gill ( born 1980 ), American professional lacrosse player Craig Gill ( born 1961 ), British musician ( Inspiral Carpets ) David Gill, multiple people including : Dave Gill, Canadian ice hockey coach David Gill ( astronomer ) ( 1843 -- 1914 ), British astronomer David Gill ( executive ) ( born 1957 ), as of 2006, the Chief Executive of Manchester United Football Club Duane Gill, American professional wrestler Eddie Gill ( born 1978 ), American professional basketball player Edmund Dwen Gill ( 1908 - 1986 ), Australian geologist, palaeontologist and museum curator Eric Gill ( 1882 -- 1940 ), artist, sculptor and typographer ( creator of Gill Sans ) Ernest Gill ( 1877 -- 1950 ), English cricketer and footballer Eugene Gill ( 1898 -- 1981 ), American college sports coach Frank Gill ( ornithologist ) ( born 1941 ), American ornithologist George Gill, multiple people including : George Reynolds Gill ( 1828 -- 1904 ), English portrait painter George Gill ( cricketer ) ( 1876 -- 1937 ), English cricketer Hal Gill ( born 1975 ), American professional ice hockey player Harry Pelling Gill ( 1855 -- 1916 ) painter and art teacher in South Australia Irving Gill ( 1870 -- 1936 ), American architect Jacquelyn Gill, American paleoecologist James Gill, multiple people including : James Gill ( columnist ), British - born columnist James Gill ( artist ) ( born 1934 ), American pop artist James Gill ( Irish cricketer ) ( 1911 -- 2000 ), Irish cricketer JB Gill, English singer and farmer Jocelyn Gill ( 1916 - 1984 ), American astronomer Joe Gill ( 1919 -- 2006 ), American comics writer John Gill, multiple people, including : John Gill ( 1898 -- 1971 ), Irish trade unionist and Labour TD John Gill ( born 1937 ), mathematician and climber John Gill ( 1697 -- 1771 ), Calvinist theologian Johnny Gill, multiple people, including : Johnny Gill ( born 1966 ), American R&B singer and songwriter Juan Bautista Gill ( 1840 -- 1877, President of Paraguay Ken Gill, multiple people, including : Ken Gill ( 1927 -- 2009 ), British trade unionist Ken Gill ( bishop ) ( 1932 -- 2013 ), English Anglican bishop Kendall Gill ( born 1968 ), retired American professional basketball player Kimveer Gill ( 1981 -- 2006 ), Canadian shooter responsible for Dawson School shootings 2006 Lesley Gill, American anthropologist Liam Gill ( born 1992 ), Australian Rugby Union player Libby Gill, American personal coach MacDonald Gill ( 1884 -- 1947 ), English artist Madge Gill, ( 1882 -- 1961 ), English artist Margaret Gill ( died 1864 ), first wife of American black actor Ira Frederick Aldridge Michel Gill ( born 1960 ), American actor Moses Gill, ( 1734 -- 1800 ), U.S. politician Nicolas Gill ( born 1972 ), Canadian judo competitor Peter Gill, multiple people, including : Peter Gill ( VC ) ( 1831 -- 1868 ), Irish Victoria Cross recipient Peter Gill ( rugby league footballer ) ( born 1964 ), former Australian Rugby League player Richard Gill, multiple people, including : Richard T. Gill, opera singer and Harvard economics professor Richard Gill ( conductor ) ( born 1942 ), Australian conductor Richard D. Gill ( born 1951 ), Anglo - Dutch mathematician / mathematical - statistician R.R. Rockingham Gill ( born 1944 ), Welsh philosophy lecturer Robin D. Gill ( born 1951 ), American japanologist Robin Gill, Canadian journalist Samuel Thomas Gill, ( 1818 -- 1880 ), early Australian colonial artist Sarah Ann Gill ( 1795 -- 1866 ), Barbadian folk hero Slats Gill ( 1901 -- 1966 ), American basketball and baseball coach Steve Gill, American radio talk - show host Terry Gill, British actor Thea Gill ( born 1970 ), Canadian actress Theodore Nicholas Gill ( 1837 -- 1914 ), American ichthyologist Thomas Gill, multiple people including : Thomas Gill ( U.S. politician ) ( 1922 -- 2009 ), U.S. Democratic politician Thomas Gill ( footballer ) ( born 1965 ), retired Norwegian footballer Thomas Harry Gill ( 1885 -- 1955 ), British politician Tim Gill ( born 1953 ), American computer software entrepreneur and gay rights activist Tom Gill ( public servant ) ( 1849 -- 1923 ), Under - Treasurer in South Australia Turner Gill ( born 1962 ), American college football coach Vince Gill ( born 1957 ), American country singer -- songwriter William Henry Gill ( 1839 -- 1923 ), Manx musical scholar W. Walter Gill ( 1876 -- 1963 ), Manx scholar, folklorist and poet Gill ( Punjabi origin ) Asha Gill ( born 1972 ), English model, writer and film director Avtar Gill, Bollywood actor Gaurav Gill, race and rally car driver Gursimrat Singh Gill, Indian footballer Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, former Director General of Police, Punjab Kimveer Gill ( 1981 -- 2006 ), Canadian shooter responsible for Dawson School shootings 2006 Kultar Gill, Canadian Mixed Martial Arts fighter Lachhman Singh Gill, former Chief - minister of Punjab ( India ) Neelam Gill, British model Neena Gill, British MEP Nia Gill ( born 1948 ), American Democratic Party politician Parm Gill ( born 1974 ), Canadian Conservative politician Parmjit Singh Gill ( born 1966 ), British Liberal Democrat politician Piara Singh Gill, nuclear physicist & professor Priya Gill ( born 1977 ), Bollywood actress Raminder Gill, Ontario politician Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gill ( surname ). This page lists people with the surname Gill. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gill_(name)&oldid=833898435 '' Categories : Surnames Hidden categories : All set index articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Edit links This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 23 : 02. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the last name gill come from
Answer: an anglicization of the Scottish or Irish patronymic McGill (or Mac Gille, Mac An Ghoill and variants)