Anyone interested in German phonetics should click here for my PowerPoint letter on the phonemes of German or here for the page on German phonetics on my German Dialects linklist. This pronunciation guide is subdivided into sections on German consonants, German vowels and pronunciation exercises.
The name Gillian is of Latin and English origin. The meaning of Gillian is downy-bearded, soft haired, implying youthful. Gillian is generally used as a girl's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Gi-lli-an.
Jilly /jil-ly/ [2 sylls.] as a name for girls is of Latin origin, and the name Jilly means youthful. Jilly is a variant form, with the suffix-y, of Jill (Latin): short variation of Gillian. Kreatif forms: Jaly, Jilla.[ more ].illy is an unusual last name too for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. Census). Jill and Jillian (#385 last year) are the popular related forms of Jilly (outside Top 1000) .