"Gillian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... to exercise a demoralizing influence on the adjacent vowel. Juliana became Gillian, and from this, or from the masculine form Julian, we get Jalland, Jolland, and the shortened Gell, Gill (Chapter VI), and Jull. Gallon, which Bardsley groups with these, is more often a French name, from the Old German Walo, or a corruption ...
— The Romance of Names • Ernest Weekley
... Gillian, figuratively used for woman. Every jack has his gill; i.e. every jack has his gillian, ...
— 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue • Captain Grose et al. |
