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Gillian / Jillian
WDYTO Gillian / Jillian? Do you pronounce them differently? I knew a Jillian in primary school and didn't like her very much, so that put me off the name for a while, but I'm beginning to like it. I pronounce Jillian with a soft /g/ (as in "job") and Gillian with a hard /g/ (as in "got"). I pronounce them differently partly because I find it more intuitive with the spelling, and also because of Gillian Welch (an awesome singer) who pronounces her name with a hard /g/. ~ Caitlín

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I know a girl named Gillian and she pronounces it like Jillian. I think that Gillian is just a variant of Jillian when it's pronounced that way.
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My sis-in-law, who is due anytime now, is going with Jillian if she has a girl. I like it with either a G or a J, but always pronounced with a soft g.
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I don't really like either they seem weak to me, I prounce them the sameI like Virginie nn Ginny which is kinda similiar :/Alice My favourite names are Henry Atticus, Theodore Brishan, Fabien Baruch, Coral Alice, Iris Perdita and Anouk IrisProud big sister to Sophie and Isabel
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I like them but they're too popular where I live (from women aged 40 downwards, I'd say). I pronounce them the same but I have met one Gillian who says her name with a hard "g". That might be from confusion with the male Scottish name Gillean/Gillian which is pr'd with a hard 'g'.The closest thing I really like is Julian for a girl._____________________________________________________________________"He (David Gest) looks like he's had a lot of plastic surgery done, but not by a plastic surgeon."Elinor
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I would pronounce them the same. I prefer Jillian though, because I think it looks nicer and believe it would be easier for ppl to know how to pronounce. I also think it's good that Jillian could have the nn Jill.
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I pronounce both Gillian and Jillian the same way. I prefer the spelling Jillian, as I think it's just nicer looks (the G looks odd to me, for some reason). I also like Jill as a formal name.
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I love Jillian and I know a Jillian Keturah which I also used as a name for a fashion line in one of my scripts!-Seda*
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I pronounce Jillian with the soft 'g' and I love it :-)
I want to pronounce Gillian with a soft 'g' because I like that much better, but when I look at it, I only hear it with the hard 'g'.
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I pronounce them both as JIL-ee-an and I prefer the spelling Gillian for some reason : )
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ditto ...To me, pronouncing Gillian with a hard G is just wrong, and the spelling Jillian is phoneticized, like a concession to people who can't pronounce Gillian.- chazda
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I prefer the original spelling (Gillian).I think the name is very sweet and a definite plus it's not overused.Do you pronounce them differently? No
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I love the name Jill by itself but i guess Jillian/Gillian is OKAY...I prn. them both with a soft "j" sound like you
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Hmmm. I've never heard of Gillian pronounced with a hard G. I need to get out more. I've always pronounced Jillian and Gillian the same, with a "j" sound.
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I like Gillian / JillianAnd I pronounce them the same. I prefer the Jillian spelling, b/c I see Jillian as a form of Julianne.
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I really, really like Gillian, but only pronunced with a hard G as in Gilligan. I think Gilly's a sweet nickname.Jillian can go away and stay that way. I always think of one of the girls who had a "Vote Bush or Die" shirt on during the election--she got mad when I told her she misspelled "and" on her shirt. :)I like Jill, but not Jillian. And Gillian (and Gilly) totally beats both.Array
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