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I don't like it. It reminds me of some dorky farm girl, or Jill Duggar from that annoying Duggar family.

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(Sorry if that's my main association. Jill is hardly ever used in Brazil, so I haven't heard it a lot.)

This message was edited 10/16/2015, 1:44 PM

I like Jill - but I would usually offer the formal name i.e. Jillian--at any spelling--to allow for the nick-name to be an informal variation and to be a special entreaty for those with privileged intimacy.

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I do not recognize that this name is overtly "feminized in connotation", or, "belonging to females", so I'd would find little surprise to learn of a boy named Jillian / Jill. The Jack and Jill rhyme however may have Signed, Sealed, and Delivered the title of ownership among the ladies...

This message was edited 10/14/2015, 6:23 PM

Jill, to me, is surrounded by clouds of question marks.

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I like Jill for its brisk energy; Jill could be and probably was the tennis partner of all those Joan and Pam young women in Betjeman. I knew one once who was mostly known as Jilly, though, which I just couldn't enjoy. And I vastly prefer Gillian to Jillian, but I would hope that either of them could just remain its full-length self and not get truncated.

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I've always enjoyed Laura Gillian. Just Jill ... off the top of my head, what about something unexpectedly exotic, like Jill Claudine? Gives it an edge.

I like it okay. It has a tomboyish vibe, in my mind. Not mannish, but canny and assertive. Not a fave, but I think it's appealing. I don't like Jillian but I do like Gillian. Jill Katherine is nice; Jill Katarina is a little weird. Jill Katrina?

I used to think Jill was a lovely and understated name, but that has changed now that the only association I have with it is the Duggars. Even the endearing face of a jill (female) wallaby can't erase such an awful image in my head.

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And to comment on Jillian: I much prefer Gillian. It has more substance and strength to it.

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Jill Annette
Jill Benjamina
Jill Benjamine
Jill Claudine
Jill Clemence
Jill Clemency
Jill Dederica
Jill Emmeline
Jill Ernestine
Jill Frances
Jill Hortense
Jill Leontine
Jill Marion
Jill Martina
Jill Martine
Jill Mellisant
Jill Prudence
Jill Therese
Jill Violet
Jill Winona
Jill Wynona

This message was edited 10/13/2015, 11:10 PM

I don't care for Jill on its own but I think Gillian is pretty and I like Jilly as a nickname. I didn't consciously dislike the name Jill until I got to know one who I think is one of the angriest and most vindictive people I've ever known. She kind of ruined it for me.

This message was edited 10/13/2015, 6:12 PM

Without Jillian? Nah. Jill is a very plain name to me, and not in the way Jane is. Jane still has a bit of a spark, Jill is the boring woman in the office who asks everyone who passes her cubicle if they've seen her new cat calendar and keeps track of everyone's birthdays and makes a big deal out of having a cake and reads only Danielle Steele novels and has poofy 80's hair and keeps a swear jar and never misses an episode of "Dance Moms" and OH GOD DO I HATE THE NAME JILL WITHOUT JILLIAN, KILL IT WITH FIRE.

Way too insubstantial. If I had a sister named Miriam and I got stuck with just Jill I would be distinctly unimpressed.

I don't like it. But then it's been established that I don't like short, one-syllable girls' names in general. It's my sister's middle name. She is Pamela Jill. I think it works in a case like that, as a middle name with a long first name, but I think that's the best use for it.

Jill Anneliese
Jill Diane
Jill Irena
Jill Phoebe
Jill Rebecca
Jill Rosalind
Jill Selene
Jill Tamara

This message was edited 10/13/2015, 2:46 PM

I like Jill. I know a Just Jill and I don't think she had too many problems with people thinking it was short for Jillian.

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I prefer Jill Katherine to Jill Katarina. Katarina is great but adds too much when you're trying to maintain simplicity.

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Jill Rosemary
Jill Theresa
Jill Frances
Jill Evelyn / Aveline
Jill Dorothy
Jill Elisabeth
Jill Gloria
Jill Violet

Though I do prefer Jillian, I think Jill is very cute; your mouth naturally forms a smile when you say the name.
Jill Amanda
Jill Diana
Jill Erica
Jill Katherine is okay
Jill Irene
Jill Marie
Jill Naomi
Jill Rebecca
Jill Suzanne
Jill Tiffany
Jill Vanessa