44%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage English Pronounced Pron. GIL [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Short form of GILBERT and other names beginning with Gil. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantGibOther Languages & CulturesGilbert, Gisilbert, Giselbert(Ancient Germanic) Gilbert(Dutch) Gilbert(French) Gilbert(German) Gilberto(Italian) Gilberto(Portuguese) Gilberto(Spanish) Same SpellingGil (1), Gil (3) PopularityDetails Last ranked #483 in 1980 France Last ranked #85 in 2018 Portugal Last ranked #985 in 1971 United States People think this name isRate·Details classic informal common strong rough simple comedic Categories Bates family, Descendants characters, diminutives, Frasier characters, short forms, Sims 3 characters Entry updated January 22, 2019 ·